The Route of Parmenides

In this careful study of the fragments of Parmenides' hexameter poem, "On Nature”, Alexander P.D. Mourelatos combines traditional philological reconstruction with the approaches of literary criticism and philosophical analysis to reveal the thought structure and expressive unity of the best preserved, most important and coherent text of Greek philosophy before Plato.

Über den Autor / die Autorin

Alexander P.D. Mourelatos is Professor of Philosophy and Classics at the University of Texas at Austin. His Route of Parmenides was first published by Yale University Press (1970). He is also the editor of The Pre-Socratics: A Collection of Critical Essays (1974, 1993).

Zusammenfassung

In this careful study of the fragments of Parmenides' hexameter poem, “On Nature”, Alexander P.D. Mourelatos combines traditional philological reconstruction with the approaches of literary criticism and philosophical analysis to reveal the thought structure and expressive unity of the best preserved, most important and coherent text of Greek philosophy before Plato.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Alexander P D Mourelatos, Alexander P. D. Mourelatos, Alexander P.D. Mourelatos
• Verlag: Parmenides Publishing
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 12.05.2008
• EAN: 9781930972117
• ISBN: 978-1-930972-11-7
• Seiten: 450
• Abmessung: 159 mm x 233 mm x 29 mm
• Gewicht: 784 g
• Themen: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Philosophie > Allgemeines, Lexika; Sachbuch > Philosophie, Religion > Philosophie: Antike bis Gegenwart