And if the universe is one, then all change is impossible, for the very idea of change suggests something transforming from one state to another, but since according to Parmenides all states occur simultaneously, change is impossible.
如果宇宙是一個整體,那麼所有的變化都是不可能的,因為 "變化 "這一概念本身就意味著某種事物從一種狀態轉變為另一種狀態,但根據巴門尼德的觀點,所有狀態都是同時發生的,是以變化是不可能的。