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What does this partthe "the same thinking thing in men" fragment of ParmenidesParmenides's poem meansmean?

ItThis is Fragment 16 of Parmenides's poem in full:

In fact as each man governs a mixture of organs subject to errors,
so a mind governs men; in fact the same
thinking thing in men, both in all and in each,
is the structural substance of the organs, whose main part is the thought.

What does this part of Parmenides poem means?

It is Fragment 16 of Parmenides's poem in full:

In fact as each man governs a mixture of organs subject to errors,
so a mind governs men; in fact the same
thinking thing in men, both in all and in each,
is the structural substance of the organs, whose main part is the thought.

What does the "the same thinking thing in men" fragment of Parmenides's poem mean?

This is Fragment 16 of Parmenides's poem in full:

In fact as each man governs a mixture of organs subject to errors,
so a mind governs men; in fact the same
thinking thing in men, both in all and in each,
is the structural substance of the organs, whose main part is the thought.

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In fact as each man governs a mixtureIt is Fragment 16 of organs subject to errors, so a mind governs men; in fact the same thinking thing in men, both in all andParmenides's poem in each,is the structural substance of the organs, whose main part is the thought.full:

In fact as each man governs a mixture of organs subject to errors,
so a mind governs men; in fact the same
thinking thing in men, both in all and in each,
is the structural substance of the organs, whose main part is the thought.

In fact as each man governs a mixture of organs subject to errors, so a mind governs men; in fact the same thinking thing in men, both in all and in each,is the structural substance of the organs, whose main part is the thought.

It is Fragment 16 of Parmenides's poem in full:

In fact as each man governs a mixture of organs subject to errors,
so a mind governs men; in fact the same
thinking thing in men, both in all and in each,
is the structural substance of the organs, whose main part is the thought.

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What does this part of Parmenides poem means?

In fact as each man governs a mixture of organs subject to errors, so a mind governs men; in fact the same thinking thing in men, both in all and in each,is the structural substance of the organs, whose main part is the thought.