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?