September 7, 2011 in Atheism, Belief, christianity, Christians, Comedy, Doctrine, George Carlin, god, Nietzsche, Parmenides, Philosophy, Reason, Religion, Religious Persons, Uncategorized
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In his Poem, Parmenides, a pre-Socratic philosopher, artfully tells us of a dream, on which the protagonist is flown off in a chariot and meets a goddess, who instructs him on the subject of wisdom and knowledge. He writes:
Fragment 1
26 Welcome, since in no way a bad fate (moira) has sent you forth to go
27 On this road – for truly it is far from the beaten path of humans -,
28 But rather Themis (Right) and Dikē (Justice). You must hearken to (learn) everything,
29 Both the unshaking heart of well-rounded (persuasive?) Alētheiē (Truth)
30 And the opinions of mortals, in which there is no true assurance.
31 But nevertheless you shall learn these things also, how the things that are believed (OR: the things that seem)
32 Must really be altogether [going] throughout all things (OR: Must really be accepted to be continually (continuously) pervading everything). Read the rest of this entry →
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