ABSTRACT
Sincetherealremainsidenticalwithitself,sciencecanbeexpressedin termsofequations.Changeofappearanceisruledbyunchangingreality.
Parmenides'cosmologytogetherwithhisepistemology,logic,and methodologymaybesaid(alittlearbitrarily)toembodyametaphysical researchprogramme;thetermistoremindusthatitallflowsfrom,oris implicitin,hismoreorlessintuitivemetaphysicalcosmology,his metaphysicalviewoftheworld.Itcanbedescribedasaresearchprogrammebecauseitsuggestsnotonlynewproblemsforinvestigationbut alsowhatkindofsolutionstotheseproblemswouldbefelttobesatisfactory,oracceptable.
