Essays on Being

Zusatztext Kahn's Essays on Being are always engaging and often provocative Informationen zum Autor Charles H. Kahn is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Pennsylvania. Klappentext In this series of essays published over forty years Charles Kahn explicates the ancient Greek concept of Being. His linguistic aim of explaining the meaning of the verb einai is intertwined with his historical and philosophical project of understanding how the concept came to be central to Greek philosophy from Parmenides to Aristotle. Zusammenfassung In this series of essays published over forty years Charles Kahn explicates the ancient Greek concept of Being. His linguistic aim of explaining the meaning of the verb einai is intertwined with his historical and philosophical project of understanding how the concept came to be central to Greek philosophy from Parmenides to Aristotle. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction 1: The Greek verb 'to be' and the concept of Being 2: The terminology for copula and existence 3: Why existence does not emerge as a distinct concept in Greek philosophy 4: Some philosophical uses of 'to be' in Plato 5: A return to the verb 'to be' and the concept of Being 6: The thesis of Parmenides 7: Being in Parmenides and Plato 8: Parmenides and Plato once more Postscript on Parmenides: Parmenides and physics. The direction of the chariot ride in the proem. The epistemic preference for Fire.

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• Authors: Charles H Kahn, Charles H. Kahn, Charles H. (University of Pennsylvania) Kahn, Kahn Charles H.
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.04.2009
• EAN: 9780199534807
• ISBN: 978-0-19-953480-7
• No. of pages: 192
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: antiquity to present day; Philosophy of Language, PHILOSOPHY / Metaphysics, PHILOSOPHY / Language, LITERARY CRITICISM / Ancient & Classical, PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / Ancient & Classical, Literary studies: classical, early & medieval, Philosophy: metaphysics and ontology, Ancient Greek and Roman philosophy, Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval, Western philosophy: Ancient, to c 500