... propounding general truths through concrete examples remained unique. Parmenides Parmenides, son of Pyres, was a citizen of Hyele, Elea, or Velia; a colony founded in Oenotria by refugees from Phocia in 540-39 B.C. Diogenes tells us that he "flourished" in 01. LXIX. (504-500 B.C.), and this was doubtless the date given by Apollodorus. On the other hand, Plato says that Parmenides came to ... that year, just as Zeno is born in the year when Parmenides "flourished."" I do not understand how any one can attach importance to such combinations. We have seen ( 55) that Aristotle mentions a st...

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