The 16 best famous phrases of Parmenides

Elea Parmenides (530 a. C. - 450 a. C.) was a great Greek philosopher born in Elea, in present-day Italy.

Author of a single written work, he caused a revolution in the thought of the time that influenced later thinkers, such as Empedocles, Anaxagoras and even Plato.

Great phrases of Parmenides

In this article we are going to delve into the philosophy that Parmenides described and his legacy. Through the best phrases of Parmenides we will discover his vision of matter, life and death.

They are somewhat cryptic and convoluted aphorisms, so knowing how to correctly interpret each of their famous quotes requires a detailed analysis of their theories.

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1. And what need would have prompted him to be born sooner or later, starting from nothing?

About existence.

2. Only one narrable path remains: what it is. And on this road there are abundant signs.

The path of life and its questions.

3. The same remains in the same, and rests in itself.

A sample of his philosophy of matter.

4. The same can be understood and can be.

Very in line with the previous sentence.

5. A single story remains as a path: the Being is.

Reflection on matter.

6. It is indifferent to me where it begins; Well there I will return again.

Cryptic phrase of Parmenides de Elea about the non-existence of mutability.

7. You will know the ethereal nature and, also in the ether, all the signs and the destructive effects of the pure and clear torch of the sun and where they have been generated.

One of the concepts that this Greek thinker developed: Ether.

8. Well, there is not nor will there be anything alien apart from what is.

Another phrase from Parmenides in which he talks about the matter.

9. The same can be understood and can be.

If we can apprehend it, it is possibly an entity.

10. The mares that carry me as far as my mind can carry me when, while leading me, they brought me to the path, abundant in signs, of the goddess.

Incredible metaphor taken from his poetic work.

11. Everything there is has always existed. Nothing can come from nothing. And something that exists cannot be converted into anything either.

A display of his philosophical monism, which opposes the constant change that Heraclitus proposed.

12. The reason will end up being right.

Brutal aphorism of Parmenides in which he guarantees that the truth will prevail.

13. The universe, for those who knew how to cover it from a single point of view, would not be, if he were to allow it to say so, more than a single fact and a great truth.

Another of those phrases by Parmenides de Elea in which he clearly shows us his monistic vision of what exists.

14. Music that does not describe something is nothing but noise.

A famous quote about music.

15. War is the art of destroying men, politics is the art of deceiving them.

Impressive reflection of a political and communicative nature.

16. The same is thinking and being.

We close this list of Parmenides thoughts with this phrase about selfhood.