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Originally posted by Chris Childers:
It's lately entered my head to do something with Parmenides, the philosopher; not a translation, since he's not much of a poet, but a condensed account of his vision & the words of the goddess.
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Chris--
Parmenides is for young men’s dreams;
Heraclitus, old men read.
Boys believe, behind what seems,
a path to unity must lead.
Old men feel, as their years run,
the many behind the seeming one.
Jody
[This message has been edited by Joseph Bottum (edited July 10, 2004).]