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Parmenides, Venerable and Awesome discusses all aspects of Parmenides' Poem, "On Nature", including the challenge of translation, the Poem's poetic form, its logical structure, the sequence of the fragments, the interpretation of "Aletheia" and "Doxa," what Parmenides meant by "mortals," the Poem's "physics" (especially Parmenidean astronomy), the various senses of Being and the role of thought, as well as Plato's relationship to Parmenides. In their different ways each contribution conveys a deep appreciation for the revolutionary nature of Parmenides' philosophy, and the collection as a whole bears witness to the fact that the study of Parmenides continues to yield rich and prolific scholarship--perhaps today more so than ever. This book is intended for scholars and non-specialists alike, and will be of particular relevance to students of Ancient Greek Philosophy, Classical Studies, as well as philosophy and literature more generally.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Existence & Essence in Parmenides; From Being to the World & Vice Versa; Parmenides-Scholar of Nature; Parmenides Lost in Translation; The Astronomical Section in Parmenides' Poem; Parmenidean "Physics" is not Part of what Parmenides calls; Thought & Body in Parmenides; Mortals (Ppo-ro[) According to Parmenides; Parricide or Heir? Plato's Uncertain Relationship to Parmenides; Parmenides, Early Greek Astronomy, & Modern Scientific Realism; Parmenides & the Forms; What is Parmenides' Being?; Ta Semata: On a Genealogy of the Idea of Ontological Categories; The Role of "Thought" in the Argument of Parmenides' Poem; Parmenides: Logic & Ontology; Parmenidean Dualisms; Persuasion & Deception in Gorgias' Encomium to Helen; Thought as Perception: Aristotle's Criticism of Parmenides in Metaphysics IV, 5; The Father & the Sophist: Platonic Parricide in the Statesman; "Thinking That I Did Something...": Apollodorus & Diotima's Teaching; Megaric Philosophy Between Socrates' Influence & Parmenides' Ghost; Plato's Sophist on Negation & Not-Being; Parmenides & His Precursors: A Borgesian Reading of Cordero's Parmenides; Aristotle on the Semantic Unity of the Parmenidean Being; Index Locorum; General Index; Index of Greek Terms Discussed.
Über den Autor / die Autorin
Nestor-Luis Cordero is Professor of Ancient Philosophy at the University of Rennes, France. He is the author of Les deux chemins de Parmenide (1997), and By Being, It Is (2004).
Zusammenfassung
In October of 2007, the Universidad Nacional de San Martín (Argentina) hosted an International Symposium on the philosophy of Parmenides that brought together scholars from around the world to present their latest work and participate in discussion. This proceedings volume represents the most cutting-edge and in-depth scholarship on Parmenides available today.
