Zeno of Elea

is a defender of Parmenides philosophy of the "One".

The truth is, that these writings of mine were meant to protect the arguments of Parmenides against those who make fun of him and seek to show the many ridiculous and contradictory results which they suppose to follow from the affirmation of the one. My answer is addressed to the partisans of the many, whose attack I return with interest by retorting upon them that their hypothesis of the being of many, if carried out, appears to be still more ridiculous than the hypothesis of the being of one.

critiques the hypothesis of the Being of Many, showing that if carried out, they appear to be still more ridiculous than the hypothesis of the Being of One of Parmenides.

's writings are meant to protect the arguments of Parmenides against those who make fun of him and seek to show the many ridiculous and contradictory results which they suppose to follow from the affirmation of the One.

Zeno of Elea, n.All

Zeno of Elea