History of Western Philosophy, Russel: Ch-5 Parmenides

3/24/2016:
Parmenides
- Retorted that 'NOTHING' changes
- invented metaphysics based on logic
- one true being is the 'one' - material
- Argument, when you think, you think of something
- Example of 'George Washington' Hamlet
- legacy - 'Indestructibility of substance'
- Influenced Plato
- Flourished first half of fifth century BC. 450 BC.