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Parmenides

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There is one story left, one road: that it is. And on this road there are very many signs that, being, is uncreated and imperishable, whole, unique, unwavering, and complete.
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Frag. B 8.1-4, quoted by Simplicius, Commentary on the Physics, 144

 
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