| Description |
1 online resource (212 pages). |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Continuum studies in ancient philosophy
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Continuum studies in ancient philosophy.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 186-203) and index. |
| Contents |
pt. 1. Beginnings : Arkhai -- pt. 2. Parmenides -- pt. 3. Plato and the pre-Socratic -- pt. 4. Forewording. |
| Summary |
In a new interpretation of Parmenides' philosophical poem On Nature, Vishwa Adluri considers Parmenides as a thinker of mortal singularity, a thinker who is concerned with the fate of irreducibly unique individuals. Adluri argues that the tripartite division of Parmenides' poem allows the thinker to brilliantly hold together the paradox of speaking about being in time and articulates a tragic knowing: mortals may aspire to the transcendence of metaphysics, but are inescapably returned to their mortal condition. Hence, Parmenides' poem articulates a "tragic return", i.e., a turn away from meta. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Parmenides.
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Parmenides. |
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Plato. Phaedrus.
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Parmenides. |
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Plato. Phaedrus. |
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Phaedrus (Plato) |
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Finite, The.
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Finite, The. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Parmenides.
Nature. English.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Adluri, Vishwa. Parmenides, Plato, and mortal philosophy. London ; New York : Continuum, ©2010 9780826457530 (DLC) 2010018302 (OCoLC)606768115 |
| ISBN |
9781441139108 (electronic book) |
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1441139109 (electronic book) |
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9780826457530 |
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0826457533 |
| Standard No. |
9786612947940 |
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