PARMENIDES

STRICT MONISM

• The idea that there exists exactly "one thing"
• "There is only one type of reality"

ONE THING

• Multitude/ plurality
• One vs. Many
• One mind and one soul creates many thoughts and ideas

ONE REALITY

• Thought= reality= one infinite thought
• There is only one type/kind of reality

PLATO AND ARISTOTLE

• Plato believed we should not trust our senses
• Aristotle believed that we should trust our senses
• They both believed in Parmenides idea of "one thing"

TRUTH

• Truth vs. truths
• Truths are permanent, non-physical, and non-changing
• truths are temporary, physical, and changing
• Deals with metaphysics and epistemology

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