The Legacy of Parmenides: Eleatic Monism and Later Presocratic Thought
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Einband
Taschenbuch
Altersempfehlung
ab 18 Jahr(e)
Erscheinungsdatum
01.11.2004
Verlag
Parmenides PublishingSeitenzahl
280
Maße (L/B/H)
22,9/16,2/2,2 cm
Gewicht
485 g
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN
978-1-930972-15-5
"The Legacy of Parmenides" examines Parmenides' arguments, considering his connection to earlier Greek thought and how his account of what-is could have served as a model for later philosophers. Curd also explores the theories of his successors, including the Pluralists (Anaxagoras and Empedocles), the Atomists (Leucippus and Democritus), the later Eleatics (Zeno and Melissus), and the later Presocratics (Philolaus of Croton and Diogenes of Apollonia). She concludes with a discussion of the importance of Parmenides' work to Plato's "Theory of Forms." "The Legacy of Parmenides" challenges traditional views of early Greek philosophy and provides new insights into the work of Parmenides.
""The Legacy of Parmenides" represents a milestone . . . of Parmenides' interpretation. It is full of ideas and tells a coherent story about Parmenides and early Greek thought." --"Alexander Nehamas, Princeton University"
"Professor Curd offers a genuinely original and possibly correct interpretation of the core thesis of the poem of Parmenides in a field so well worked over that saying something both new and true is profoundly difficult, this is a notable achievement." --"Thomas M. Robinson, University of Toronto"
"This will be asubstantial book in the story of early Greek philosophy, and future writers on the tradition from Thales through Plato will not be able to ignore it without missing an important interpretive alternative. It will be of value to students of Presocratic philosophy or the Greek t
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