Parmenides, venerable and awesome, (Plato, Theaetetus 183e) : proceedings of the international symposium (Buenos Aires, October 29/November 2, 2007) / edited by Néstor-Luis Cordero.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Cordero, Nestor-Luis.

Language:

English

Greek, Modern (1453-)

Subjects (All):

Parmenides--Congresses.

Parmenides.

Parmenides. Nature--Congresses.

Genre:

Conference papers and proceedings.

Physical Description:

xvi, 414 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Las Vegas : Parmenides Pub., 2011.

Language Note:

Greek texts translated in English.

Summary:

Despite Parmenides' tremendous importance during his own lifetime and his perennial influence on philosophical thought ever since, the great Eleatic-born ca. 515 BCE and described by Plato as "Venerable and Awesome" (Theaetetus, 183e)-had never been the subject of an international conference until 2007, when some of the world's most eminent specialists on Parmenides' philosophy convened for a multinational and multilingual Symposium in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The present volume offers a collection of the papers (translated, where applicable) presented at the conference, each advancing the respective scholar's current state of research on Parmenides and his Poem, "On Nature," often with far-reaching and sometimes controversial results. Book jacket.

Contents:

Part I On Parmenides

Existence and Essence in Parmenides / Scott Austin Austin, Scott 1

From Being to the World and Vice Versa / Jean Bollack Bollack, Jean 9

Parmenides-Scholar of Nature / Giovanni Casertano Casertano, Giovanni 21

Parmenides Lost in Translation / Barbara Cassin Cassin, Barbara 59

The Astronomical Section in Parmenides' Poem / Giovanni Cerri Cerri, Giovanni 81

Parmenidean "Physics" is not Part of what Parmenides calls "δóζα" / Nestor-Luis Cordero Cordero, Nestor-Luis 95

Thought and Body in Parmenides / Patricia Curd Curd, Patricia 115

Mortals (βρoτoí) According to Parmenides / Jean Frère Frère, Jean 135

Parricide or Heir? Plato's Uncertain Relationship to Parmenides / Arnold Hermann Hermann, Arnold 147

Parmenides, Early Greek Astronomy, and Modern Scientific Realism / Alexander P. D. Mourelatos Mourelatos, Alexander P. D. 167

Parmenides and the Forms / Massimo Pulpito Pulpito, Massimo 191

What is Parmenides' Being? / Chiara Robbiano Robbiano, Chiara 213

Ta Semata: On a Genealogy of the Idea of Ontological Categories / Fernando Santoro Santoro, Fernando 233

The Role of "Thought" in the Argument of Parmenides' Poem / José Trindade Santos Santos, José Trindade 251

Parmenides: Logic and Ontology / José Solana Dueso Dueso, José Solana 271

Parmenidean Dualisms / Panagiotis Thanassas Thanassas, Panagiotis 289

Part II Parmenides in the Tradition and Cognate Themes

Persuasion and Deception in Gorgias' Encomium to Helen. About the Powers and Limits of λóγoσ? / Esteban Bieda Bieda, Esteban 311

Thought as Perception: Aristotle's Criticism of Parmenides in Metaphysics IV, 5 / Maria Elena Díaz Díaz, Maria Elena 319

The Father and the Sophist: Platonic Parricide in the Statesman / Gabriel Livov Livov, Gabriel 331

"Thinking That I Did Something ...": Apollodorus and Diotima's Teaching / Ezequiel Ludueña Ludueña, Ezequiel 345

Megaric Philosophy Between Socrates' Influence and Parmenides' Ghost / Claudia T. Mársico Mársico, Claudia T. 353

Plato's Sophist on Negation and Not-Being / Fabián Mié Mié, Fabián 363

Parmenides and His Precursors: A Borgesian Reading of Cordero's Parmenides / Lucas Soares Soares, Lucas 373

Aristotle on the Semantic Unity of the Parmenidean Being / Pilar Spangenberg Spangenberg, Pilar 383.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

1930972334

9781930972339

9781930972629

1930972628

OCLC:

298181492

Publisher Number:

99947649562