# Parmenides

By Plato.

"Parmenides" by Plato is a dialogue written in ancient Greece. It depicts a young Socrates meeting the renowned philosophers Parmenides and Zeno, who challenge his Theory of Forms. Through rigorous questioning, Parmenides presents five complex arguments that expose potential contradictions in Socrates' distinction between eternal Forms and particular things. The work reverses the usual dynamic, positioning Socrates as student rather than teacher, and explores fundamental questions about unity, plurality, and the nature of reality itself. (Summary by Project Gutenberg, written by machine.)

- Language: English
- Translator: Benjamin Jowett
- Subjects: Classical literature; Dialectic -- Early works to 1800; Socrates, 470 BC-399 BC; Philosophy, Ancient; Reasoning -- Early works to 1800; Ontology -- Early works to 1800; Parmenides; Zeno, of Elea

[Read it](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/books/gutenberg/1687/read)
[Plain text](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/api/books/gutenberg/1687/text)

From Project Gutenberg. Public domain in the United States.