Plato also has Zeno say that this work "meant to protect the arguments of Parmenides", was written in Zeno's youth, stolen, and published without his consent.
Platon dalje kaže da je Zenon rekao da je to djelo "trebalo obraniti Parmenidove argumente", da je napisano u Zenonovoj mladosti, ukradeno, i objavljeno bez njegovog odobrenja.