Ideas from 'fragments/reports' by Melissus [443 BCE], by Theme Structure

[found in 'Early Greek Phil V: Parmenides, Empedocles etc' by Parmenides (ed/tr Laks,A/Most,G) [Harvard Loeb 2016,978-0-674-99706-6]].

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7. Existence / A. Nature of Existence / 3. Being / a. Nature of Being

12270

Being is one [Aristotle]

27. Natural Reality / A. Classical Physics / 1. Mechanics / a. Explaining movement

3059	There is no real motion, only the appearance of it [Diog. Laertius]

27. Natural Reality / C. Space / 1. Void

5100	The void is not required for change, because a plenum can alter in quality [Aristotle]

27. Natural Reality / E. Cosmology / 2. Eternal Universe

456	Nothing could come out of nothing