The Lexicon · Genealogy · Antiquity
PARMENIDES
c. 515–c. 450 BCE
Being Is (The Concept Is the Divine Act)
Parmenides: what is, is; what is not, is not; and never the twain. CoCA's The Concept is the Divine Act (§1.1.1) is parmenidean monism in liturgical wear. The Concept is one, unchanging, indivisible. The artworks are appearances; the artists are appearances; the institutions are appearances. The Concept persists through all of them. We are Eleatic. The Provisional Collective takes minutes.