The Enduring Significance of Parmenides: Unthinkable Thought Contributor(s): Tallis, Raymond (Author) |
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ISBN: 082649952X ISBN-13: 9780826499523 Publisher: Continuum OUR PRICE: $217.80 Product Type: Hardcover Published: January 2008 Annotation: A new key work studying the importance of Parmenides - his work, his influences and his relevance today. |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Philosophy | History & Surveys - Ancient & Classical |
Dewey: 182.3 |
LCCN: 2007019228 |
Series: Continuum Studies in Ancient Philosophy |
Physical Information: 0.94" H x 6.35" W x 9.26" (1.14 lbs) 258 pages |
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Publisher Description: 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. |