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The enduring significance of Parmenides : unthinkable thought /
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 n...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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London ; New York :
Continuum,
©2007.
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| Colección: | Continuum studies in ancient philosophy.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | 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 boo. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xvi, 240 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 189-194) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781441187314 1441187316 9781472598042 1472598040 9781441197764 1441197761 |