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The Enduring Significance of Parmenides: Unthinkable Thought: Continuum Studies in Ancient Philosophy

Autor Professor Raymond Tallis
en Limba Engleză Hardback – 28 noi 2007
Parmenides of Elea is widely regarded as the most important of the Presocratic philosophers and one of the most influential thinkers of all time. He is famous, or notorious, for asserting that change, movement, generation and perishing are illusions arising from our senses, that past and future do not exist, and that the universe is a single, homogeneous, static sphere. This picture of the world is not only contrary to the experience of every conscious moment of our lives, it is also unthinkable, since thoughts themselves are events that come into being and pass away. In this important new book, Raymond Tallis critically examines Parmenides' conclusions and argues that, although his views have had a huge influence, they are in fact the result of a failure to allow for possibility, for what-might-be, which neither is nor is not. Without possibility, there is neither truth nor falsehood. Tallis explores the limits of Parmenides ideas, his influence on Plato and, through him, Aristotle and finally, why Parmenides is still relevant today.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780826499523
ISBN-10: 082649952X
Pagini: 258
Dimensiuni: 156 x 234 x 24 mm
Greutate: 0.52 kg
Editura: Bloomsbury Publishing
Colecția Continuum
Seria Continuum Studies in Ancient Philosophy

Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom

Caracteristici

Parmenides had an enormous influence on Plato and, through him, Aristotle - this work therefore makes an important contribution to the wider field of Ancient Philosophy.

Cuprins

Introduction
1. The Strange Dawn of Western Thought
2. The Existence of What-is-Not
3. Knowledge Encounters Itself
4. Why Parmenides Happened
5. Parmenides' Footnotes: Plato and Aristotle
6. Parmenides Today