“Opinions” in Parmenides and the unawareness they display of the unbearable weight of being
Keywords:
being, opinions, relativization, ParmenidesAbstract
The Greek language uses, to refer to things, the expression τὰ όντα, “things that are”. Everyday language already establishes a relation between “something that is” and the fact of being. Parmenides’ philosophy can be explained as a philosophical reflection on this linguistic fact. A non-philosophical view of language ignores this and explains reality in terms of “the way things seem to be”, or “opinions”. As Parmenides demonstrates in his Poem, only a relativizing of the fact of being can justify an explanation of reality based on opinions.
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