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...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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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.