The Continuation of Parmenides Theories

As I read all the varying accounts of what is, what is not, and what will never be, according to Empedocles, Anaxagoras, and the Atomists, I am reminded of a fable my mother told me years ago. In this story there are three blind men. In order to understand what an elephant is, they each approach an elephant. The first blind man is feeling all over the leg of the elephant and says to the others, "It is like a strong tree." But the second who is holding the trunk, explains, "It is like an ever-changing vine." Still the third blind man runs his hands across the large body of the elephant and exclaims, "No! It is endless, like a wide mountain."
Each of these men used the same thought process, in which they logically analyzed what was presented to them as fact, and each concluded in their own result. This is much like what occurred in the findings of the Empedocles, Anaxagoras and the Atomists, following Parmenides conclusion that, essentially, nothing ever changes. And therefo...