One part of it, entitled The Way of Truth, sees a goddess explain that there are only two aspects of nature, "being" and "non-being", and since one cannot make something that "is" from something that "is not", change is an illusion.
One name by which this philosopher was known was "Oulides", a reference to his devotion to the Apollo Oulia of his hometown. Like most ancient thinkers, he wrote a work entitled On Nature, his being the best preserved of all pre-Socratic works. One part of it, entitled The Way of Truth, sees a goddess explain that there are only two aspects of nature, "being" and "non-being", and since one cannot make something that "is" from something that "is not", change is an illusion. FTP, who was this philosopher whose ideas were further elaborated by his pupil and adopted son, Zeno of Elea?
One name by which this philosopher was known was "Oulides", a reference to his devotion to the Apollo Oulia of his hometown.
Parmenides