Parmenides · Philosophy

The Way of Opinion and Zeno’s Defence

Parmenides’ ‘Way of Opinion’ - his account of the deceptive world of the senses - and the brilliant defence mounted by his pupil Zeno of Elea, whose paradoxes of motion and plurality turned the tables on common sense, showing that the world of the senses leads to contradictions of its own.

What you'll be able to recall

You learned that Parmenides assigned the world of change and plurality to the deceptive ‘Way of Opinion,’ and that his pupil Zeno of Elea defended him with paradoxes (Achilles and the tortoise, the arrow) showing that motion and plurality - what the senses report - lead to contradictions. Explain the Way o…

Leads to Zeno of Elea.

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