Non-Being in Ancient Thought

Non-Being in Ancient Thought is the first book-length study of the concept of non-being in ancient philosophy. Dmitri Nikulin argues that non-being is a central concept in philosophy, but has been neglected for far too long. He demonstrates that non-being is central for the constitution and understanding of being: without non-being, being can neither be nor thought. The philosophical investigation of non-being is therefore necessary for the understanding of being and crucial for reappraising its place in philosophy.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

• Preface


• Acknowledgments and Permissions


• 1. Parmenides: Being and nothing


• 2. Democritus: Non-being as the void


• 3. Plato: Non-being as the other of being


• 4. Diogenes: Non-being as convention


• 5. Aristotle: Non-being as thought in many ways


• 6. Plotinus: Non-being as the one


• 7. Simplicius: Non-being voided


• Conclusion


• Bibliography


• Index

Über den Autor / die Autorin

Dmitri Nikulin is Professor of Philosophy at the New School for Social Research in New York. His interests range from ancient philosophy to the philosophy of history and the critique of modern subjectivity. He is the author of a number of books including Matter, Imagination and Geometry (2002), On Dialogue (2006), Dialectic and Dialogue (2010), Comedy, Seriously (2014), The Concept of History (2017), Neoplatonism in Late Antiquity (2019), and Critique of Bored Reason (2022).

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Dmitri (Professor of Philosophy Nikulin, Nikulin Dmitri
• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Fester Einband
• Erschienen: 06.06.2025
• EAN: 9780197781616
• ISBN: 978-0-19-778161-6
• Seiten: 320
• Themen: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Philosophie > Allgemeines, Lexika; Sachbuch > Philosophie, Religion > Philosophie: Allgemeines, Nachschlagewerke; PHILOSOPHY / Metaphysics, PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / Ancient & Classical, Philosophy: metaphysics & ontology, Philosophy: metaphysics and ontology, Ancient Greek and Roman philosophy, Western philosophy: Ancient, to c 500