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Prep Questions Set #4

Prep Questions Set#4 Due: Thursday, 9/12

Read: CCR, 40-47

1. Parmenides’s central thesis is “it is and … it is not possible for it not to be.” What could this possibly mean? Why would he assert that?

2. In CCR passage #8 Parmenides seems to be describing “it”. What is “it” like, and how do these features relate to his central thesis?

Previous Prep Questions Sets: PQ#1 PQ#2 PQ#3