Parmenides Cosmos And Being

Author : Panagiotis Thanassas
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 114 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : UOM:39015079287168

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Parmenides, Cosmos, and Being by Panagiotis Thanassas Pdf

In the philosophical poem he composed around 500 BC, Parmenides presents an anonymous goddess who - like a philosophical Gorgon - denies movement and plurality and propagates an ontology that completely petrifies the world of phenomena. This is the communis opinio, against which the current interpretation is addressed. Challenging this well-known interpretation, Panagiotis Thanassas contends that Parmenidean Truth does not deny the polymorphy of the Cosmos, but rather endeavors to noetically understand its unity as a result of participation in Being. The second and longer part of the poem, the so-called Doxa, then presents a cosmogonic and cosmological "world-arrangement" of divine origin, founded on the combination of the two forms of Light and Night.

Author : John Palmer
Publisher : OUP Oxford
Page : 442 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2009-10-29
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780191609992

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Parmenides and Presocratic Philosophy by John Palmer Pdf

John Palmer develops and defends a modal interpretation of Parmenides, according to which he was the first philosopher to distinguish in a rigorous manner the fundamental modalities of necessary being, necessary non-being or impossibility, and non-necessary or contingent being. This book accordingly reconsiders his place in the historical development of Presocratic philosophy in light of this new interpretation. Careful treatment of Parmenides' specification of the ways of inquiry that define his metaphysical and epistemological outlook paves the way for detailed analyses of his arguments demonstrating the temporal and spatial attributes of what is and cannot not be. Since the existence of this necessary being does not preclude the existence of other entities that are but need not be, Parmenides' cosmology can straightforwardly be taken as his account of the origin and operation of the world's mutable entities. Later chapters reassess the major Presocratics' relation to Parmenides in light of the modal interpretation, focusing particularly on Zeno, Melissus, Anaxagoras, and Empedocles. In the end, Parmenides' distinction among the principal modes of being, and his arguments regarding what what must be must be like, simply in virtue of its mode of being, entitle him to be seen as the founder of metaphysics or ontology as a domain of inquiry distinct from natural philosophy and theology. An appendix presents a Greek text of the fragments of Parmenides' poem with English translation and textual notes.

Author : Daniel W. Graham
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 364 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2009-11-20
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781400827459

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Explaining the Cosmos by Daniel W. Graham Pdf

Explaining the Cosmos is a major reinterpretation of Greek scientific thought before Socrates. Focusing on the scientific tradition of philosophy, Daniel Graham argues that Presocratic philosophy is not a mere patchwork of different schools and styles of thought. Rather, there is a discernible and unified Ionian tradition that dominates Presocratic debates. Graham rejects the common interpretation of the early Ionians as "material monists" and also the view of the later Ionians as desperately trying to save scientific philosophy from Parmenides' criticisms. In Graham's view, Parmenides plays a constructive role in shaping the scientific debates of the fifth century BC. Accordingly, the history of Presocratic philosophy can be seen not as a series of dialectical failures, but rather as a series of theoretical advances that led to empirical discoveries. Indeed, the Ionian tradition can be seen as the origin of the scientific conception of the world that we still hold today.

Author : Nestor Luis Cordero
Publisher : Parmenides Publishing
Page : 434 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2012-01-17
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781930972629

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Parmenides, Venerable and Awesome by Nestor Luis Cordero Pdf

Despite Parmenides' tremendous importance during his own lifetime and his perennial influence on philosophical thought ever since, the great Eleatic-born ca. 515 BCE and described by Plato as "e;Venerable and Awesome"e; (Theaetetus, 183e)-had never been the subject of an international conference until 2007, when some of the world's most eminent specialists on Parmenides' philosophy convened for a multinational and multilingual Symposium in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The present volume offers a collection of the papers (translated, where applicable) presented at the conference, each advancing the respective scholar's current state of research on Parmenides and his Poem, "e;On Nature,"e; often with far-reaching and sometimes controversial results.

Author : Thomas M. Robinson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 241 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Electronic books
ISBN : 3896655043

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Logos and Cosmos by Thomas M. Robinson Pdf

This book, like its predecessor Cosmos as Art Object, consists of a number of previously published articles on topics in classical Greek philosophy which I thought merited being collected into a single volume. Included are three pieces which originally appeared in Japanese, Russian and Brazilian journals, and are published for the first time in English. Among the topics discussed are the question of methodology in the reading of Heraclitus; what sense can be made of the poem of Parmenides; an account of the myth of Plato's Statesman in terms of its contribution to cosmological speculation; an.

Author : T. M. Robinson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : NWU:35556039676572

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Logos and Cosmos by T. M. Robinson Pdf

Author : John A. Palmer
Publisher : Clarendon Press
Page : 314 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 1999-04-08
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780191584657

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Plato's Reception of Parmenides by John A. Palmer Pdf

John Palmer presents a new and original account of Plato's uses and understanding of his most important Presocratic predecessor, Parmenides. Adopting an innovative approach to the appraisal of intellectual influence, Palmer first explores the Eleatic underpinnings of central elements in Plato's middle-period epistemology and metaphysics. He then shows how in the later dialogues Plato confronts various sophistic appropriations of Parmenides while simultaneously developing his own deepened understanding. Along the way Palmer gives fresh readings of Parmenides' poem in the light of the Platonic reception, and discusses Plato's view of Parmenides' relation to such key figures as Xenophanes, Zeno, and Gorgias. By tracing connections among the uses of Parmenides over the course of several dialogues, Palmer both demonstrates his fundamental importance to the development of Plato's thought and furthers understanding of central problems in Plato's own philosophy.

Author : Vishwa Adluri
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 231 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2010-12-02
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781441139108

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Parmenides, Plato and Mortal Philosophy by Vishwa Adluri Pdf

In a new interpretation of Parmenides' philosophical poem On Nature, Vishwa Adluri considers Parmenides as a thinker of mortal singularity, a thinker who is concerned with the fate of irreducibly unique individuals. Adluri argues that the tripartite division of Parmenides' poem allows the thinker to brilliantly hold together the paradox of speaking about being in time and articulates a tragic knowing: mortals may aspire to the transcendence of metaphysics, but are inescapably returned to their mortal condition. Hence, Parmenides' poem articulates a "tragic return", i.e., a turn away from metaphysics to the community of mortals. In this interpretation, Parmenides' philosophy resonates with post-metaphysical and contemporary thought. The themes of human finitude, mortality, love, and singularity echo in thinkers such as Arendt, and Schürmann as well. Plato, Parmenides and Mortal Philosophy also includes a complete new translation of 'On Nature' and a substantial overview and bibliography of contemporary scholarship on Parmenides.

Author : Giannis Stamatellos
Publisher : SUNY Press
Page : 286 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2008-01-03
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 0791470628

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Plotinus and the Presocratics by Giannis Stamatellos Pdf

The first book-length philosophical study on the Presocratic influences in Plotinus’ Enneads.

Author : Samuel Scolnicov
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 207 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2003-07-08
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780520925113

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Plato's Parmenides by Samuel Scolnicov Pdf

Of all Plato’s dialogues, the Parmenides is notoriously the most difficult to interpret. Scholars of all periods have disagreed about its aims and subject matter. The interpretations have ranged from reading the dialogue as an introduction to the whole of Platonic metaphysics to seeing it as a collection of sophisticated tricks, or even as an elaborate joke. This work presents an illuminating new translation of the dialogue together with an extensive introduction and running commentary, giving a unified explanation of the Parmenides and integrating it firmly within the context of Plato's metaphysics and methodology. Scolnicov shows that in the Parmenides Plato addresses the most serious challenge to his own philosophy: the monism of Parmenides and the Eleatics. In addition to providing a serious rebuttal to Parmenides, Plato here re-formulates his own theory of forms and participation, arguments that are central to the whole of Platonic thought, and provides these concepts with a rigorous logical and philosophical foundation. In Scolnicov's analysis, the Parmenides emerges as an extension of ideas from Plato's middle dialogues and as an opening to the later dialogues. Scolnicov’s analysis is crisp and lucid, offering a persuasive approach to a complicated dialogue. This translation follows the Greek closely, and the commentary affords the Greekless reader a clear understanding of how Scolnicov’s interpretation emerges from the text. This volume will provide a valuable introduction and framework for understanding a dialogue that continues to generate lively discussion today.

Author : Victor Caston
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2016-07-01
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780191084072

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Oxford Studies in Ancient Philosophy, Volume 50 by Victor Caston Pdf

Oxford Studies in Ancient Philosophy is a volume of original articles on all aspects of ancient philosophy. The articles may be of substantial length, and include critical notices of major books. OSAP is now published twice yearly, in both hardback and paperback. "'Have you seen the latest OSAP?' is what scholars of ancient philosophy say to each other when they meet in corridors or on coffee breaks. Whether you work on Plato or Aristotle, on Presocratics or sophists, on Stoics, Epicureans, or Sceptics, on Roman philosophers or Greek Neoplatonists, you are liable to find OSAP articles now dominant in the bibliography of much serious published work in your particular subject: not safe to miss." - Malcolm Schofield, Cambridge University "OSAP was founded to provide a place for long pieces on major issues in ancient philosophy. In the years since, it has fulfilled this role with great success, over and over again publishing groundbreaking papers on what seemed to be familiar topics and others surveying new ground to break. It represents brilliantly the vigour—and the increasingly broad scope—of scholarship in ancient philosophy, and shows us all how the subject should flourish." - M.M. McCabe, King's College London

Author : Benjamin Folit-Weinberg
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 385 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2022-06-09
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 9781316517819

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Homer, Parmenides, and the Road to Demonstration by Benjamin Folit-Weinberg Pdf

Demonstrates how the invention of extended deductive argumentation by Parmenides depended on his use of poetic road imagery.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Richard Geldard
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780976684343

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Parmenides and the Way of Truth by Anonim Pdf

Parmenides was a philosopher, healer, and spiritual guide in fifth-century BC Elea, a Greek outpost on the western coast of Italy. Around 450 BC he and a young Socrates engaged in a debate on the nature of reality, later immortalized by Plato in The Parmenides, the dialogue that re-created that meeting. Richard Geldard's inspiring account brings new life and contemporary understanding to Parmenides, allowing us to understand his thought and benefit from his wisdom. Richard Geldard earned his PhD in dramatic literature and classics at Stanford University. He is the author of Remembering Heraclitus and The Traveler's Key to Ancient Greece.

Author : John Palmer,John Palmer, Jun
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 441 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2009-10-29
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780199567904

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Parmenides and Presocratic Philosophy by John Palmer,John Palmer, Jun Pdf

Parmenides of Elea is generally considered the most profound and challenging of the Presocratic philosophers. John Palmer develops and defends a fundamentally original interpretation of Parmenides and his place in early Greek thought. An appendix presents a Greek text of the fragments of Parmenides' poem with English translation and textual notes.

Author : Stanimir Panayotov,Andra Jugănaru,Anastasia Theologou,István Perczel
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 474 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2023-12-05
Category : History
ISBN : 9781003818809

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Soul, Body, and Gender in Late Antiquity by Stanimir Panayotov,Andra Jugănaru,Anastasia Theologou,István Perczel Pdf

Including both traditional and underrepresented accounts and geographies of soul, body, gender, and sexuality in late antique history, philosophy, and theology, this volume offers substantial re-readings of these and related concepts through theories of dis/embodiment. Bringing together gender studies, late antique philosophy, patristics, history of asceticism, and history of Indian philosophy, this interdisciplinary volume examines the notions of dis/embodiment and im/materiality in late antique and early Christian culture and thought. The book’s geographical scope extends beyond the ancient Mediterranean, providing comparative perspectives from Late Antiquity in the Near East and South Asia. It offers critical interpretations of late antique scholarly objects of inquiry, exploring close readings of soul, body, gender, and sexuality in their historical context. These fascinating studies engage scholars from different fields and research traditions with one another, and reveal both change and continuity in the perception and social role of gender, sexuality, body, and soul in this period. Soul, Body, and Gender in Late Antiquity is a valuable resource for students and scholars of Classics, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, as well as those working on late antique and early Christian history, philosophy, and theology.