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What Is What-Is? : A Study of Parmenides' Poem

by Harvey White

  • Hardback
  • Publisher: Peter Lang Copyright AG - IPSUK
  • 23.5 x 15.9 x 0.9 cm

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This book interprets the poem by the pre-Socratic philosopher, Parmenides, in a way that differs fundamentally from traditional interpretations. While some recent studies show that the poem uses the word is as a copula rather than a substantive, a close analysis of the Greek text shows that Parmenides did not deny the reality of a plurality of sense perceivable objects, but argued that each is an individual homogeneous unity that emerged from a mixture of opposite elements. This means that much of the poem that has been taken to describe a position that Parmenides rejects is, in fact, what he accepts. The book concludes, therefore, that Parmenides was not the radical and revolutionary thinker to the degree he is commonly portrayed to be: he stands within the intellectual transition occurring in the Greek world, moving from the past Homeric mythos into the emerging scientific view of the world.

  • Author

    Harvey White

  • Book Format

    Hardback

  • Publisher

    Peter Lang Copyright AG - IPSUK

  • Published

    April 2005

  • Weight

    373g

  • Dimensions

    23.5 x 15.9 x 0.9 cm

  • ISBN

    9780820474984

  • ISBN-10

    0820474983

  • Eden Code

    6505780

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