Parmenidean Fragments, 7

Parmenides  translated by John Burnet

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7For this shall never be proved, that the things that are not are.[*]

But do thou restrain thy thought from this way of inquiry, nor let habit by its much experience force thee to cast upon this way a wandering eye or sounding ear or tongue; but judge by argument the much disputed proof uttered by me. There is only one way left that can be spoken of . . . .

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Notes

  • [*] [The text that serves as the basis for this digital copy adds "; and do thou restrain thy thought from this way of inquiry." But the fragments having been rearranged to agree with the standard Diels-Kranz numbering, this has been excised. — Lexundria Editor]