
The World of Parmenides
Essays on the Presocratic Enlightenment
Karl Popper(Author)
Routledge (Publisher)
Published on 8. February 2001
Book
Paperback/Softback
352 pages
978-0-415-23730-7 (ISBN)
Description
This unique collection of essays not only explores the complexity of ancient Greek thought, but also reveals Popper's engagement with Presocratic philosophy and the enlightenment he experienced in reading Parmenides. It includes writings on Greek science, philosophy and history, and demonstrates Popper's lifelong fascination and admiration of the Presocratic philosophers, in particular Parmenides, Xenophanes and Heraclitus.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
General
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 156 mm
Weight
544 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-415-23730-7 (9780415237307)
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Karl Popper | Jorgen Mejer | Arne Petersen
The World of Parmenides
Essays on the Presocratic Enlightenment
E-Book
12/2013
1st Edition
Routledge
€38.49
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Karl Popper | Jorgen Mejer | Arne Petersen
The World of Parmenides
Essays on the Presocratic Enlightenment
E-Book
12/2013
1st Edition
Routledge
€38.49
Available for download

Karl Popper | Jorgen Mejer | Arne Petersen
The World of Parmenides
Essays on the Presocratic Enlightenment
Book
10/1998
Routledge
€178.27
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Content
Preface; Introduction; 1. Back to the Presocratics 2. The Unknown Xenophanes 3. How the Moon Might Shed Some of Her Light upon the Two Ways of Parmenides (I) 4. How the Moon Might Shed Some of Her Light upon the Two Ways of Parmenides (1989) 5. Can the Moon Throw Light on Parmenides' Ways? (1988) 6. The World of Parmenides: Notes on Parmenides' Poem and its Origin in Early Greek Cosmology 7. Beyond the Search for Invariants 8. Comments on the Prehistoric Discovery of the Self and on the Mind-Problem in Ancient Greek Philosophy 9. Plato and Geometry 10. Concluding Remarks.