The Partially Examined Life Philosophy Podcast
The Partially Examined Life Philosophy Podcast
Mark Linsenmayer, Wes Alwan, Seth Paskin, Dylan Casey
Episode 197: Parmenides on What There Is (Part Two)
50 minutes Posted Aug 27, 2018 at 7:02 am.
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Continuing with guest Peter Adamson with "On Nature" (475 BCE).

We finally get to fragment 8, which describes why Being must be singular and eternal, given that the notion of Non-Being is nonsense. But how could we as individuals be asking these questions then? Does his "Way of Seeming" work to explain the appearances, as opposed to reality?

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End song: "Circle" by Gareth Mitchell, as discussed on Nakedly Examined Music #4.