PARMENI

DES
Philosopher of Changeless Being
Founder of metaphysics
 Parmenides is the founder of Eleatic School
of Philosophy

Monistic view of reality

“Philosophical monism is a belief that
all of the sensible world is of one, basic,
substance and being, un-created and
indestructible”
The main doctrine of the Eleatic
school evolved in the opposition
of the early physicalist
philosophers and to the theory of
Heraclitus. According to the doctrine, sense cannot
recognize unity; it is by thought alone that
we can pass the false appearance of sense
and arrive at the knowledge of being, at the
fundamental truth that "All is One"
He wrote a poem titled, “On nature”

The poem was originally divided into

three parts:
1. proem,
2. alethia,
3. doxa
proe
…the validity of
m Contains the human opinion
introductory verse represents an aspect
about the journey of a of the truth.
young man who travels
from the darkness of
the night or ignorance
to the bright light or
enlightenment of the
day.
alethia | The way of truth
Debates the art of
distinguishing the truth
from opinions formed by
humans. the reality of an object can be
judged based on the
phenomenon “that it is and
that it is not”.
doxa | The way of opinion
The origin of the universe
with the structuring of
cosmos and with the
Pythagorean scientific
theories
Our perception of the
world, formed through our
sensory experience, is often
FAULTY AND ILLUSION.
 Parmenides agrees that there are two kinds of
realities

1 2
The inferior reality is
The greater reality is what exist
mostly base on our
observation, which is
often delusional.
 Philosophy was a way
of life

Philosophers begin a journey in

darkness, then travel to the light that
illuminates the truth they discover
beneath the surface.
 Nothing is capable of inherently
changing in any significant fashion
because the very substance of reality is
unchangeable and 'nothingness' cannot be
comprehended.
 Thank you for
watching!
Submitted by: Gonzales, Mareiane S
Bojos, Carmela E. Kimaykimay, Angeline
P.
Cudanin, Regine R. Peda, Ruel U.