Editing Parmenides (section)

=== Epistemology ===
As mortals think through their senses, Parmenides held that it is impossible for them to understand Being in its true form without distortion.{{Sfn|Vamvacas|2009|p=143}} By naming each concept, humans have distorted the uniform nature of Being and created concepts of things that are neither consistent Being nor Nonbeing.{{Sfn|Vamvacas|2009|p=143}} It is this simultaneous belief that forms the opinions of men.{{Sfn|Vamvacas|2009|p=143}}  Being holds the same properties as and is indistinguishable from the concept of truth, as it is self-contained, unchanging, and eternal.{{Sfn|Vamvacas|2009|p=147}} Being is perceived in the mind, not through the senses. To apprehend something means that it must be something and not nothing and is therefore Being. Perceiving in the mind is distinct from thinking about something, as thinking pertains to specific objects that would divide Being.{{Sfn|Vamvacas|2009|pp=148–149}}