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Record Nr.

UNINA9910791974503321

Autore

Roecklein Robert J. <1960->

Titolo

Plato versus Parmenides [[electronic resource] ] : the debate over coming-into-being in Greek philosophy / / Robert J. Roecklein

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, MD, : Lexington Books, c2011

ISBN

1-283-08471-6

9786613084712

0-7391-5079-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (335 p.)

Classificazione

08.21

Disciplina

182/.3

Soggetti

Knowledge, Theory of

Political science - Philosophy

Ontology

Becoming (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 index.

Nota di contenuto

Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 Parmenides' Argument; 2 Parmenides and the Milesian Philosophies: "Nothing Comes from Nothing"-Physics or Logic?; 3 Parmenides' Influence on Empedocles and Anaxagoras; 4 Plato's Socrates and His Theory of Causation; 5 The Parmenides: Plato's Proof of Coming to Be; 6 The Theaetetus: Plato's Proof That the Objects of Knowledge Are Indivisible; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

The issue of coming into being in Greek philosophy is investigated mostly by specialists in language analysis and philological science. Plato versus Parmenides, Robert J. Roecklein brings to the fore Plato's refutation of Parmenides' argument in his famous dialogue by that name. Roecklein offers an unprecedented exposition of the dialogue the Parmenides, and seeks to illuminate a political dimension in Parmenides' early formulations of the challenges made to the reality of coming into being in nature.