The Figure of Nature: On Greek Origins
Author:   John Sallis
Publisher:   Indiana University Press
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Pages:   304
Publication Date:   29 August 2016
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The Figure of Nature: On Greek Origins


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Broaching an understanding of nature in Platonic thought, John Sallis goes beyond modern conceptions and provides a strategy to have recourse to the profound sense of nature operative in ancient Greek philosophy. In a rigorous and textually based account, Sallis traces the complex development of the Greek concept of nature. Beginning with the mythical vision embodied in the figure of the goddess Artemis, he reanimates the sense of nature that informs the fragmentary discourses of Anaximenes, Heraclitus, Parmenides, and Empedocles and shows how Plato takes up pre-Socratic conceptions critically while also being transformed. Through Sallis's close reading of the Theaetetus and the Phaedo, he recovers the profound and comprehensive concept of nature in Plato's thought.

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Author:   John Sallis
Publisher:   Indiana University Press
Imprint:   Indiana University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.345kg
ISBN:  

9780253023124


ISBN 10:   0253023122
Pages:   304
Publication Date:   29 August 2016
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
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Table of Contents

Prologue 1. The Reign of Artemis 2. Open Air: On Philosophy before Philosophy 3. Enshrouded Nature and the Fire of Heaven 4. Radical Gatherings. The Imperative of Philosophy 5. Monstrous Wonder. The Advance of Nature (a) Openings, Chronology, Topology (b) Appearings (c) Ventriloquy, the Protagorean , and the Scene of (d) The Scene of Philosophy (e) Parerga 6. Earthbound. The Return of Nature (a) Theseus (b) Down to Earth (c) Mythologizing (d) Remembrance (e) Ascent (f) Second Sailing (g) Song of the Earth Index

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""Sallis has produced a book with fascinating new insights into the ancient conception of nature. . . . Highly recommended.""—Choice


Sallis has produced a book withfascinating new insights into the ancient conception of nature... Highly recommended. -Choice


Author Information

John Sallis is Frederick J. Adelmann Professor of Philosophy at Boston College. He is author of more than 20 books, including Light Traces (IUP, 2014) and Logic of Imagination (IUP, 2012).

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