Project Gutenberg 1999-03-01 Public domain in the USA. 672 Plato -428 -348 Πλάτων Jowett, Benjamin 1817 1893 Jowett, William Parmenides Socrates Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parmenides_(dialogue) Produced by Sue Asscher, and David Widger "Parmenides" by Plato is a philosophical dialogue likely written during the late 4th century BC. This work presents a complex examination of metaphysical concepts, particularly focusing on the nature of being and the dichotomy between the One and the Many. The central figures in the dialogue include Socrates, the youthful philosopher, and Parmenides, the venerable thinker whose ideas spark a rigorous dialectical analysis. The opening of "Parmenides" introduces a scene in which Cephalus recounts the events leading to a philosophical discussion that happened in Athens involving Socrates, Parmenides, and Zeno. Cephalus inquires about his half-brother Antiphon and relays how Parmenides and Zeno came to Athens during the Panathenaic festival. Antiphon, initially reluctant, agrees to recite a dialogue he remembers about the discussions among Socrates, Zeno, and Parmenides on crucial philosophical questions regarding unity, plurality, and the relationship between existence and ideas. As the dialogue unfolds, Socrates expertly engages with Zeno’s arguments about being and non-being, raising profound queries about the nature of ideas and how they relate to the physical world, setting the stage for further explorations of these philosophical issues. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 64.4 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. en Classical literature Dialectic -- Early works to 1800 Socrates, 470 BC-399 BC Philosophy, Ancient Reasoning -- Early works to 1800 Ontology -- Early works to 1800 Parmenides Zeno, of Elea B PA Text Category: Classics of Literature Category: Philosophy & Ethics 272256 2025-07-01T10:24:34.823829 text/html 247903 2025-04-28T16:36:46 text/html 137188 2025-07-01T10:24:39.876777 application/epub+zip 139650 2025-07-01T10:24:36.511799 application/epub+zip 139649 2025-07-01T10:24:35.444761 application/epub+zip 245693 2025-07-01T10:24:42.307733 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 229807 2025-07-01T10:24:39.235768 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 203020 2022-09-01T12:05:40.814001 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 221910 2025-07-01T10:24:34.070766 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 202187 2025-04-28T16:36:46 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 22182 2025-07-01T10:24:42.438753 application/rdf+xml 9207 2025-07-01T10:24:35.926753 image/jpeg 2607 2025-07-01T10:24:35.682750 image/jpeg 135282 2025-07-01T10:24:34.841789 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia en.wikipedia