ABSTRACT
ThedefectiveWayofOpiniondescribesaworldthatsomehowresembles theworldoftheMilesianphilosophers,andtheworldofthePythagoreans. Soourproblemcanbeputinthefollowingway:
WhydoesParmenides(orthegoddess)addafragmentarysecondpart,a cosmologyonmoreorlesstraditionallines,tothefirstpart'sutterlyn()Veldescription ofreality,which,thegoddesssays,istheonlytrueone?
