《The Legacy of Parmenides》是Parmenides Publishing出版的圖書，作者是Patricia Curd
基本介紹
- 作者：Patricia Curd
- 出版時間：2004年9月15日
- 出版社：Parmenides Publishing
- 頁數：309 頁
- ISBN：9781930972155
- 裝幀：Paperback
- 定 價：GBP 15.5元
內容簡介
Parmenides of Elea was the most important and influential philosopher before Plato. He rejected as impossible the scientific inquiry practiced by the earlier Presocratic philosophers and held that generation, destruction, and change are unreal and that only one thing exists. In this book, Patricia Curd argues that Parmenides sought to reform rather than to reject scientific inq...(展開全部) Parmenides of Elea was the most important and influential philosopher before Plato. He rejected as impossible the scientific inquiry practiced by the earlier Presocratic philosophers and held that generation, destruction, and change are unreal and that only one thing exists. In this book, Patricia Curd argues that Parmenides sought to reform rather than to reject scientific inquiry, and she offers a more coherent account of his influence on later philosophers. "The Legacy of Parmenides" examines Parmenides' arguments, considering his connection to earlier Greek thought and how his account of what-is could have served as a model for later philosophers. Curd also explores the theories of his successors, including the Pluralists (Anaxagoras and Empedocles), the Atomists (Leucippus and Democritus), the later Eleatics (Zeno and Melissus), and the later Presocratics (Philolaus of Croton and Diogenes of Apollonia). She concludes with a discussion of the importance of Parmenides' work to Plato's "Theory of Forms." "The Legacy of Parmenides" challenges traditional views of early Greek philosophy and provides new insights into the work of Parmenides. "“The Legacy of Parmenides” represents a milestone . . . of Parmenides' interpretation. It is full of ideas and tells a coherent story about Parmenides and early Greek thought." --"Alexander Nehamas, Princeton University" "Professor Curd offers a genuinely original and possibly correct interpretation of the core thesis of the poem of Parmenides in a field so well worked over that saying something both new and true is profoundly
