Parmenides Vision

Informationen zum Autor Stuart Martin, a native of Michigan, received his MA and PhD from Fordham University. He also received a post-doctoral Licentiate from the Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies in Toronto, Canada. He served in the Department of Philosophy of Boston College for 54 years, before retiring in 2012. Klappentext This book intends to establish, against his numerous modern critics, that the ancient philosopher Parmenides was a mystic. Instead of arriving at his conclusions by cold reason, Parmenides found the unity of Being, which he called "the Truth," by turning to a life of meditation. Zusammenfassung This book intends to establish, against his numerous modern critics, that the ancient philosopher Parmenides was a mystic. Instead of arriving at his conclusions by cold reason, Parmenides found the unity of Being, which he called “the Truth,” by turning to a life of meditation. Inhaltsverzeichnis PrefaceAbbreviationsINTRODUCTIONPreliminary RemarksSetting-BackgroundLife of ParmenidesLiterary CharacterGREEK TEXT AND TRANSLATIONFRAGMENT 1Importance of the First FragmentControversy over the ImagesPath of DelusionOverview of FragmentManuscript Tradition of FragmentFragment 1 Text and CommentaryConspectus of ImageryFRAGMENTS 2-19 TEXT AND COMMENTARYEPILOGUETRANSLATION WITH INTERLINEAR GREEK TEXTWORD-LISTBibliographyIndex of Ancient Authors CitedIndex of Modern Authors CitedIndex of Subjects

Product details

• Authors: Stuart B. Martin, Martin Stuart B.
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.07.2016
• EAN: 9780761867425
• ISBN: 978-0-7618-6742-5
• Dimensions: 158 mm x 237 mm x 24 mm
• Series: Print on Demand
• Subjects: Education and learning > Teaching preparation > Vocational needs; Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; LITERARY CRITICISM / Poetry, Ancient Greece, LITERARY CRITICISM / Ancient & Classical, PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / Ancient & Classical, Literary studies: classical, early & medieval, Literary studies: poetry & poets, Ancient (Classical) Greek, Ancient Greek and Roman philosophy, Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval, Western philosophy: Ancient, to c 500, Literary studies: poetry and poets, BCE to c 500 CE, BCE period – Protohistory