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This name derives from the Ancient Greek “Parmenídes (Παρμενίδης),” from the Ancient Greek “Parménō (παραμένω),” composed of two elements: “pará (παρά)” (besides by) plus “ménō (μένω)” (to stay, to remain). In turn, the name means “to stay beside, to stand one’s ground.” Parmenides was an ancient Greek philosopher born in Elea, a Greek city on the southern coast of Magna Graecia. He was the founder of the Eleatic school of philosophy. Parmenides's single known work is a poem, On Nature, which has survived only in fragmentary form. In this poem, Parmenides describes two views of reality.
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