02937nam 22005531c 450 991046121890332120200115203623.01-4725-9804-01-283-20751-697866132075171-4411-8731-610.5040/9781472598042(CKB)2670000000107185(EBL)743196(OCoLC)741691393(SSID)ssj0000522315(PQKBManifestationID)11381416(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000522315(PQKBWorkID)10528169(PQKB)10657956(MiAaPQ)EBC743196(UtOrBLW)bpp09257980(EXLCZ)99267000000010718520150227d2007 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe enduring significance of Parmenides unthinkable thought Raymond TallisLondon New York Continuum 2007.1 online resource (257 p.)Continuum studies in ancient philosophyDescription based upon print version of record.0-8264-9952-X Includes bibliographical references (pages [189]-194) and indexIntroduction -- 1. The Strange Dawn of Western Thought -- 2. The Existence of What-is-Not -- 3. Knowledge Encounters Itself -- 4. Why Parmenides Happened -- 5. Parmenides' Footnotes: Plato and Aristotle -- 6. Parmenides Today --   -- Parmenides of Elea is widely regarded as the most important of the Presocratic philosophers and one of the most influential thinkers of all time. He is famous, or notorious, for asserting that change, movement, generation and perishing are illusions arising from our senses, that past and future do not exist, and that the universe is a single, homogeneous, static sphere. This picture of the world is not only contrary to the experience of every conscious moment of our lives, it is also unthinkable, since thoughts themselves are events that come into being and pass away. In this important new book, Raymond Tallis critically examines Parmenides' conclusions and argues that, although his views have had a huge influence, they are in fact the result of a failure to allow for possibility, for what-might-be, which neither is nor is not. Without possibility, there is neither truth nor falsehood. Tallis explores the limits of Parmenides ideas, his influence on Plato and, through him, Aristotle and finally, why Parmenides is still relevant today. Continuum studies in ancient philosophy.Western philosophy: Ancient, to c 500182/.3Tallis Raymond514405UtOrBLWUtOrBLWUkLoBPBOOK9910461218903321The enduring significance of Parmenides2104789UNINA