<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=477474" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Talking Back to Parmenides</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">He was taller than I expected.<br>Standing at the white city gate<br>Parmenides of Elea patiently waited.<br>What year is this? He asked.<br>2005, I said.<br>All these years, he murmured.<br>Yes, I nodded, you were born<br>More than twenty five centuries ago.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">You were writing in hexameters<br>About the Way of Truth<br>And the Way of Seeming, <br>I reminded him.<br>Yes, I remember that, he said.<br>My memory is as good as in my youth.<br>I used to delve into the Enigma of Being<br>In the quest for finding the hidden heart of<br>Certainty and permanence.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">We were silent for a while.<br>And then I said: <br>I read in a Dictionary of Philosophy<br>That you believe that reality does not change<br>And is unknowable.<br>Well, I still believe that, Parmenides said.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">In that case let me ask you this: <br>If reality is unknowable<br>Then how do you know <br>That it does not change?</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Paul+Hartal">Paul Hartal</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=477474" data-title="Talking Back to Parmenides de Paul Hartal" data-description="He was taller than I expected. Standing at the white city gate Parmenides of Elea patiently waited. What year is this? He asked. 2005, I said. All these years, he murmured. Yes, I nodded, you were born More than twenty five centuries ago. You wer..."></div> </div> </div>

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