
On the Order of Nature
For a Phylosophical Ascesis
Parmenides(Author)
(Asram Vidya Order) Raphael(Editor)
Aurea Vidya (Publisher)
Published on 26. June 2011
Book
Paperback/Softback
138 pages
978-1-931406-10-9 (ISBN)
Description
With PARMENIDES began what is called, in more specific terms, true Philosophy. The Eleatic, and his Poem, constitute a "beacon" whose light illumined Plato and even Aristotle, and consequently all the philosophers that followed. Parmenides laid down several fundamental philosophical principles: 1. The Being as foundation of all the existent 2. The principle of identity, Being is identical to itself 3. The principle of non-contradiction 4. The principle of a-temporality or eternal present 5. An initiatory philosophical vision of an experimental order This vision was taken up by Plato and others down to Plotinus and beyond, while staying in the Classical Greek tradition.
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English
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Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
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Illustrations, black and white
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 8 mm
Weight
212 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-931406-10-9 (9781931406109)
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The date of Parmenides' birth is uncertain but, according to the indications of Apollodoros, it can be placed between the sixth and the fifth centuries B.C. Parmenides was born in Magna Graecia, in Elea (today's Velia) located on the coast of Campania south of Paestum, into a family of noble lineage and quite well off. It is known that he governed and gave very good laws to his city (in those days, as it happened, cities were governed by Philosophers), and every year the Eleans pledged their loyalty to those laws.