 The presence of the cosmology in Parmenides’ poem continues to be problematic for advocates of the meta-principle interpretation, just as it is for advocates of the other major types of interpretation discussed thus far. Guthrie views the cosmology as Parmenides’ best attempt at giving an account of the sensible world, given that we will continue to be deceived into thinking it exists despite his arguments to the contrary. Not only is this an unstable interpretive position, it imputes confusion to Parmenides rather than acknowledge its own difficulties. It is hardly more satisfying to be told by Owen that Parmenides’ cosmology has a purpose that is “wholly dialectical” (Owen 1960, 54–5; cf. Long 1963 for a more detailed development of this interpretive line).