Parmenides, Plato and Mortal Philosophy

Return From Transcendence

AvVishwa Adluri

Inbunden, Engelska, 2011

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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.Parmenides.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2011-04-01
Mått:156 x 234 x 17 mm
Vikt:517 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Continuum Studies in Ancient Philosophy
Antal sidor:240
Förlag:Continuum Publishing Corporation
ISBN:9780826457530

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Vishwa Adluri is Adjunct Assistant Professor in Religion and Philosophy at Hunter College, City University of New York, USA, where he specializes in Ancient Philosophy, 20th Century Continental Philosophy, and Indian Philosophy.

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This brilliant and profound study is a compelling reinterpretation of Parmenides. But it is much more than this. It invites a re-reading not only of the western philosophical tradition inaugurated by Parmenides and Plato but also of ourselves as mortals dreaming of immortality. Adluri's deeply personal and inspired interpretation of philosophy's beginning points the way to its future.

Innehållsförteckning

Foreword; Introduction: Parmenides and Renewing the Beginning; Part I: Beginnings - Arkhai; 1. Radical Individuality: Time, Mortal Soul and Journey; 2. Parmenides and his Importance as a Beginner; Part II: Parmenides; 3. The Mortal Journey: Thumos (The Mortal Soul) and Its Limits; 4. In the Realm of the Goddess: Logos and its Limits; 5. At Home in the Kosmos: The Return; Part III: Plato the Pre-Socratic; 6. Reading Plato's Phaedrus: Socrates the Mortal; Part IV: Forewording; 7. Conclusion - Returning to Parmenides; Part V: Translation of Parmenides' Peri Phuseos with Textual Notes; Bibliography; Index.