| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 428 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
1 Parmenides' Place in Histories of Presocratic Philosophy; 2 Parmenides' Three Ways; 3 The Way of the Goddess and the Way of Mortals; 4 What Must Be and What Is and Is Not; 5 Zeno, Melissus, and Parmenides; 6 Anaxagoras and Parmenides; 7 Empedocles' Element Theory and Parmenides; 8 Parmenides' Place in Presocratic Philosophy; Appendix: The Fragments of Parmenides' Poem; Bibliography; Index locorum; General index |
| Summary |
John Palmer develops and defends a modal interpretation of Parmenides, according to which he was the first philosopher to distinguish in a rigorous manner the fundamental modalities of necessary being, necessary non-being or impossibility, and non-necessary or contingent being. This book accordingly reconsiders his place in the historical development of Presocratic philosophy in light of this new interpretation. Careful treatment of Parmenides' specification of the ways of inquirythat define his metaphysical and epistemological outlook paves the way for detailed analyses of his arguments demon |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 388-404) and indexes |
| Notes |
Poem in Ancient Greek with English translation and notes |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Parmenides.
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| SUBJECT |
Parmenides fast |
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Eleatics.
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Pre-Socratic philosophers.
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PHILOSOPHY -- History & Surveys -- Ancient & Classical.
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Eleatics
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Pre-Socratic philosophers
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780191571893 |
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019157189X |
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9780199567904 |
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0199567905 |
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9780191721717 |
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0191721719 |
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9786612383434 |
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6612383437 |
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