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🔍 Parmenides argued against the validity of sensory experience as a source of knowledge.
🧠 Parmenides is often considered the founder of the Eleatic school of philosophy.
⚖️ He posited that reality is unchanging and that all change is an illusion.
📜 His only known work, a poem titled 'On Nature,' explores metaphysics and ontology.
🌌 He believed in a singular, eternal, and uniform reality, which he called 'the One.'
🗣️ His ideas significantly contrasted with those of Heraclitus, who claimed that change is central to the universe.
💬 Parmenides emphasized reason and logical argumentation over empirical observation.
🤔 He is often credited with the phrase 'What is, is, and what is not, is not.'
🕰️ Parmenides introduced the notion of being as timeless and uncreated.
🧐 His philosophy influenced later thinkers, including Plato and the development of metaphysics.
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