Presocratic reflexivity : the construction of philosophical discourse c.600-450 BC / / Barry Sandywell

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910170991803321
• Autore: Sandywell Barry
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 1996
• ISBN: 1-134-85347-5; 1-134-85348-3; 1-280-10996-3; 9786610109968; 0-203-42480-8
• Edizione: [First edition.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (536 p.)
• Collana: Logological investigations ; ; 3
• Disciplina: 301/.01
• Soggetti: Sociology - Philosophy; Reflection (Philosophy)
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
• Nota di contenuto: Book Cover; Title; Contents; Abbreviations; INTRODUCTION: TOWARD A SOCIOLOGY OF PHILOSOPHICAL CULTURE; PRESOCRATIC THOUGHT AND THE ORIGINS OF WESTERN EUROPEAN REFLECTION; The construction of the cosmos in Early Greek philosophy; Language and 'the epoch of the Logos'; The Ionian revolution in cosmological thinking; Greek cosmology as a form of life; THALES AND THE ORIGINS OF IONIAN COSMOLOGY; The golden triangle of Ionia and the Odyssean spirit; The discovery of reflexivity; Self, self-knowledge, and reflexivity; The sociological origins of philosophy and cultures of critical discourse; A comparative analysis of ancient institutions of reflexivityConclusion: the concept of a philosophical movement; ANAXIMANDER'S COSMOS; The text of Anaximander: the Apeiron-Fragment; Anaximander's discourse; Anaximander's cosmos; The cosmic vortex; After Anaximander; ANAXIMENES' PNEUMATOLOGY; Anaximenes' cosmos: Anaximenes as a natural philosopher?; Natural philosophy as critical theory; The self-deconstruction of Anaximenes' text; A reflexive pneumatology?; THE PYTHAGOREAN FORM OF LIFE; The ontotheology of Number: all is Number; Pythagorean videology; The Pythagorean soul ; and metempsychosis; Philosophia and the three livesThe videological form of life; Conclusion: The elements of Classical videological culture; HERACLITUS, LOGOLOGIST: THE REFLEXIVE COSMOS OF HERACLITUS; Critical reflexivity: thinking as polemos; Peri Phusis; Logological configurations; The Logos teaching; Interpretations of the Logos-concept in Heraclitus; Language-play in Heraclitus' text; The reflexive psyche in Heraclitus; Logos and Kosmos; Process philosophy; ELEATIC ONTOLOGY FROM XENOPHANES TO PARMENIDES AND BEYOND; Xenophanes and the unity of God; Xenophanes' critical reflexivity; Xenophanes' natural theologyFrom Xenophanes to Parmenides; Parmenides and the unity of Being; Introduction; The logological presuppositions of Parmenidean ontology; Parmenides' reflexive Logos; Melissus' revision; Against plurality; Introduction; Conclusion: the genealogy of logic; PLURALISTS: EMPEDOCLES, ANAXAGORAS, AND THE BEGINNINGS OF GREEK ATOMISM; Empedocles; The limitations of human experience; The fourfold roots of Being; Eternal cyclical change: the One from the Many, the Many from the One; The soul and God; Anaxagoras; Anaxagoras' general philosophical outlook; Nous as the World-MindThe Atomists: Leucippus and Democritus; Democritus; The Democritean vision of the atomic universe; Conclusion: ancient and modern Atomism; Notes; Bibliography; Name index; Subject index
• Sommario/riassunto: In this third Volume of Logological Investigations Sandywell continues his sociological reconstruction of the origins of reflexive thought and discourse with special reference to pre-Socratic philosophy and science and their socio-political context.