EARLY GREEK PHILOSOPHY V
PARMENIDES [28 DK]
D Only One Treatise (D1)D1 (< A13) Diog. Laert. 1.16
οἱ δὲ ἀνὰ ἓν συγγράψαντες1 [. . .] Παρμενίδης [. . .].
Poetical Form (D2)D2 (< A1) Diog. Laert. 9.22
καὶ αὐτὸς δὲ διὰ ποιημάτων φιλοσοφεῖ, καθάπερ Ἡσίοδός τε καὶ Ξενοφάνης καὶ Ἐμπεδοκλῆς.
The Traditional Title (D3)D3 (< A14) Simpl. In Cael., p. 556.25–26
[. . .] Περὶ φύσεως ἐπέγραφον τὰ συγγράμματα καὶ Μέλισσος καὶ Παρμενίδης [. . .] [cf. MEL. D1b].
PARMENIDES
PARMENIDES
D Only One Treatise (D1)D1 (< A13) Diogenes Laertius
[. . .] others, who wrote only one treatise: [. . .] Parmenides [. . .].
Poetical Form (D2)D2 (< A1) Diogenes Laertius
He too expresses his philosophy in verse, like Hesiod, Xenophanes, and Empedocles.
The Traditional Title (D3)D3 (< A14) Simplicius, Commentary on Aristotle’s On the Heavens
[. . .] Both Melissus and Parmenides entitled their treatises On Nature [. . .] [cf. MEL. D1b].
See also ALCM. D2
DOI: 10.4159/DLCL.parmenides-doctrine.2016