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Author:   Colin C. Smith (Ohio State University)
Publisher:   State University of New York Press
Imprint:   State University of New York Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.70cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.544kg
ISBN:  

9798855801347

Pages:   310
Publication Date:   01 March 2025
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Acknowledgments Introduction Section I: Proem 1. Unifying the Poem: A Divine-Modal Reading Jeremy C. DeLong 2. Parmenides's Poem as Initiation Mary Cunningham 3. Olympus as Hades: Plato and the Homeric Parmenides Alex Priou Section II: Truth 4. Parmenides's Fragment 2 and the Meaning of Einai Colin C. Smith 5. The Veridicality of Noein and the Particularity of Noos in Parmenides's Poem and the Continuity Between Parmenides's, Homer's, and Hesiod's Usages Paul DiRado 6. Noein and Einai in the Poem of Parmenides Michael Wiitala 7. How Many Roads? Matthew Evans 8. Revelation and Rationality in Parmenides's Fragment Jenny Bryan 9. Signposts for the Study of Nature: Parmenides's Fragment 8 Eric Sanday Section III: Doxa 10. Parmenides's Doxa and the Norms of Inquiry: A Case Study of the Fragments on Astronomy Sosseh Assaturian 11. The Essential Role of the Doxa in Parmenides's Teaching Jessica Elbert Decker 12. Fragment 18 Revisited Joseph B. Zehner Jr. Works Cited List of Contributors Index Index Locorum

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"""This book presents a variety of diverse, new interpretations of Parmenides's poem, some of which are destined to become classics."" — Thomas M. Tuozzo, author of Plato's Charmides: Positive Elenchus in a ""Socratic"" Dialogue"

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Colin C. Smith is Visiting Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Ohio State University.

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