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Plato versus Parmenides : the debate over coming-into-being in Greek philosophy /

Plato versus Parmenides investigates the concept of genesis, or coming into being, a problem that has absorbed the greatest philosophical thinkers. Robert J. Roecklein explores two philosophical giants who tackled this issue: Plato and Parmenides from Elea. Particularly interesting to Roecklein is h...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Roecklein, Robert J., 1960-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lanham, Md. : Lexington Books, c2011.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Parmenides' argument
  • Parmenides and the Milesian philosophies : "nothing comes from nothing"
  • physics or logic?
  • Parmenides' influence on Empedocles and Anaxagoras
  • Plato's Socrates and his theory of causation
  • The Parmenides : Plato's proof of coming to be
  • The Theaetetus : Plato's proof that the objects of knowledge are indivisible.