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xxiii, 308 pages 25 cm In this study of the fragments of Parmenides' hexameter poem, "On Nature", Alexander P.D. Mourelatos combines traditional philological reconstruction with the approaches of literary criticism and philosophical analysis to reveal the thought structure and expressive unity of the best preserved, most important and coherent text of Greek philosophy before Plato. The author shows how Parmenides' deduction of the signposts and bounds of what-is critically defines the concept of reality implicit in Greek-cognitive vocabulary and in early speculative cosmologies. He interprets the second part of the poem, the Doxa, as a cosmology designed to bring out both similarities and contrasts with Parmenides' own doctrine of what-is. The Doxa thus serves as a semantic commentary on the first part, the Truth. Mourelatos' discussions of the concepts of persuasion, fidelity, opinion, belief, and appearance elucidate terms strategically important for interpreting Parmenides and contribute in the history of Greek philosophical vocabulary Includes bibliographical references 1. Epic form -- 2. Cognitive quest and the route -- 3. The vagueness of what-is-not -- 4. Signposts -- 5. The

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Author

Alexander P. D. Mourelatos

Publisher

New Haven, Yale University Press

Published

1970

Language

EN

ISBN

9780300011630

Category

philosophy

Subjects

Fiction, Philosophy, History

Rating

4.75 / 5 (1 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14