The Logical Existence of Things: A Reading of Parmenides in Terms of Cartesian Reasoning.
This paper will examine Parmenides' reasoning in terms of the argument of Descartes. It will be shown how closely the two thinkers' arguments paralleled each other, both in their skeptical rejection of sensory data and their ultimate reliance upon reason and the mind to ascertain "truth". 8 pgs. 8 f/c. 3b.