Parmenides' Lesson

Translation and Explication of Plato's Parmenides

Kenneth M. Sayre

Professor Sayre argues that the key to unlocking the puzzles of Parmenides II lies in the proper interpretive pairing of the eight hypotheses under which its arguments are grouped. Sayre’s commentary is prefaced by a full translation, including all the comments of the young respondent Aristoteles and alternative interpretations of important passages.