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Parmenides' vision : a study of Parmenides' poem / Stuart B. Martin.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Martin, Stuart B., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Parmenides. Nature--Criticism, Textual.
- Parmenides.
- Nature (Parmenides).
- Philosophy--Poetry.
- Philosophy.
- Genre:
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Poetry.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (308 p.)
- Distribution:
- New York : Bloomsbury Publishing (US), 2025.
- Place of Publication:
- Lanham, Maryland : University Press of America, Inc., [2016]
- Language Note:
- Includes text in Greek with English translation.
- Summary:
- This book intends to establish, against his numerous modern critics, that the ancient philosopher Parmenides was a mystic. Instead of arriving at his conclusions by cold reason, Parmenides found the unity of Being, which he called "the Truth," by turning to a life of meditation.
- Contents:
- Parmenides' Vision ; TABLE OF CONTENTS ; Preface ; Abbreviations ; INTRODUCTION ; Preliminary Remarks ; Setting-Background ; Life of Parmenides ; Literary Character ; GREEK TEXT AND TRANSLATION: FRAGMENT 1; Importance of the First Fragment ; Controversy over the Images ; Path of Delusion ; Overview of Fragment 1 ; Manuscript Tradition of Fragment 1 ; Fragment 1 Text and Commentary; Conspectus of Imagery ; FRAGMENTS 2-19 TEXT AND COMMENTARY ; EPILOGUE ; TRANSLATION WITH INTERLINEAR GREEK TEXT ; WORD-LIST ; Bibliography ; Index of Ancient Authors Cited ; Index of Modern Authors Cited
- Index of Subjects
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0-7618-7497-6
- 0-7618-6743-0
- OCLC:
- 945697741
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