The World of Parmenides
Essays on the Presocratic Enlightenment
1st Edition
Published on 16. December 2013
352 pages
978-1-317-83501-1 (ISBN)
Description
This unique collection of essays, published together for the first time, not only elucidates the complexity of ancient Greek thought, but also reveals Karl Popper's engagement with Presocratic philosophy and the enlightenment he experienced in his reading of Parmenides. As Karl Popper himself states himself in his introduction, he was inspired to write about Presocratic philosophy for two reasons - firstly to illustrate the thesis that all history is the history of problem situations and secondly, to show the greatness of the early Greek philosophers, who gave Europe its philosophy, its science and its humanism.
Reviews / Votes
'Karl Popper's essays pick out the complexity of Parmenides' thought.' - Oxon Book Review'A fascinating collection ... seminal.' - Network
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
File size
6,75 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-317-83501-1 (9781317835011)
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Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
Additional editions
Karl Popper | Jorgen Mejer | Arne Petersen
The World of Parmenides
Essays on the Presocratic Enlightenment
Book
02/2001
Routledge
€63.32
Withdrawn from sale
Karl Popper | Jorgen Mejer | Arne Petersen
The World of Parmenides
Essays on the Presocratic Enlightenment
Book
10/1998
Routledge
€178.27
Withdrawn from sale
Persons
Jorgen Mejer, Arne Petersen, Karl Popper
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.
