During the Hellenic Age, or the fourth and fifth centuries BC, in Athens, it was unconventional for a philosopher to profess to know anything about the gods. Although they were risking being labeled blasphemers, Parmenides and Socrates devised their own theories to explain the world. These theories consisted of dividing everything into two areas, that which is real, and that which is not. In this paper, I will discuss how Parmenides and Socrates developed their theories of the two worlds and how Socrates accepted Parmenides' division into an illusory material and an unchanging world of being. I will discuss Parmenides' and Socrates philosophies and how the relations between them show that Socrates accepted Parmenides' division of two worlds.

Parmenides lived in the generation prior to Socrates. He was around 65 years old in 450 BC. Parmenides believed that change and motion were merely illusions. This assertion said that if something was more than an idea, it was not concrete and therefore could not exist in reality. He said that if something changed, it could not be real. Reality involved a single, unmovable substance, so if something moved or changed, it could not be

Socrates, Parmenides, and the Unchanging World

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