Greek Philosophy 5.2: Parmenides and Zeno of Elea: A Philosophy of Eternity

An introduction to the life and thought of Parmenides of Elea, and his pupil Zeno. 00:00 Introduction 01:54 Ancient Elea (Velia) 03:20 Parmenides' Life 04:56 Parmenides' Journey and the Goddess: Beginning the poem 07:10 Nous: Key psychological terminology in Greek 11:08 An exercise: Can we picture nothing? 12:55 Parmenides' Two Ways: Truth and the Unpassable Way 15:45 Parmenides' Three Ways: Adding Mortal Opinion 17:50 Illustration and Examples: Why only IS is true 22:30 Interpreting Parmenides' IS: Monist, Dialectical, and Essential readings 26:40 Temporal implications: Eternity, Time, and Immortality 29:45 Parmenides' "opinions" about the world 31:10 Parmenides: Key Takeways 33:19 Zeno of Elea 34:54 Zeno's paradoxes: Dichotomy, Achilles, Arrow, and review 41:05 Conclusion