i have to write a paper on this question and i dont know anything about it. i cant find anything on his view of the one and what led up to it.
Paramenides wanted to one up Heraclitus.
Unfortunately he was an idiot.
Heraclitus said "You can’t step in the same river twice."
..because the river is always changing so it’s not the same river.
Paramenides said "You can’t step in the same river once"
..because Paramenides was an idiot.
He later came up with philosophical gems like ‘Motion is impossible’.
& his student Zeno was made famous by essentially (and erroneously) stating that an infinite series could not resolve to a finite solution. I.e. you can never get to a doorway because you will infinitely have to cover half the remaining distance.
So as far a I can tell his big contribution was to delay the development of Calculus for 2100 years.
His sense of the ONE was that since being was everywhere it could not move.
Paramenides wanted to one up Heraclitus.
Unfortunately he was an idiot.
Heraclitus said "You can’t step in the same river twice."
..because the river is always changing so it’s not the same river.
Paramenides said "You can’t step in the same river once"
..because Paramenides was an idiot.
He later came up with philosophical gems like ‘Motion is impossible’.
& his student Zeno was made famous by essentially (and erroneously) stating that an infinite series could not resolve to a finite solution. I.e. you can never get to a doorway because you will infinitely have to cover half the remaining distance.
So as far a I can tell his big contribution was to delay the development of Calculus for 2100 years.
His sense of the ONE was that since being was everywhere it could not move.
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