Plato's reception of Parmenides
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Plato's reception of Parmenides
Clarendon Press , Oxford University Press, 1999
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John Palmer presents a new and original account of Plato's uses and understanding of his most important Presocratic predecessor, Parmenides. Adopting an innovative approach to the appraisal of intellectual influence, Palmer first explores the Eleatic underpinnings of central elements in Plato's middle-period epistemology and metaphysics. He then shows how in the later dialogues Plato confronts various sophistic appropriations of Parmenides while simultaneously
developing his own deepened understanding. Along the way Palmer gives fresh readings of Parmenides' poem in the light of the Platonic reception, and discusses Plato's view of Parmenides' relation to such key figures as Xenophanes, Zeno, and Gorgias. By tracing connections among the uses of Parmenides over
the course of several dialogues, Palmer both demonstrates his fundamental importance to the development of Plato's thought and furthers understanding of central problems in Plato's own philosophy.
Table of Contents
- PART I: PLATO'S MIDDLE-PERIOD RECEPTION OF PARMENIDES: 1. INTRODUCTION
- 2. ESCHATOLOGY AND EPISTEMOLOGY
- 3. THE ARGUMENT FROM THE POSSIBILITY OF KNOWLEDGE
- 4. SIGHT-LOVERS, MORTALS, AND DOXA
- PART II: PLATO AND THE SOPHISTIC APPROPRIATIONS OF PARMENIDES: 5. PARMENIDES' THESIS AT ISSUE
- 6. SOPHISTIC PARMENIDEANISM IN THE SOPHIST
- 7. SOPHISTIC PARMENIDEANISM IN THE SOPHIST AND IN THE PARMENIDES' DIALECTICAL EXERCISE
- PART III: PLATO'S PARMENIDES IN THE LATER DIALOGUES: 8. PARMENIDES AND XENOPHANES IN THE SOPHIST AND TIMAEUS
- 9. PLATO'S PARMENIDES
- 10. PLATO'S PARMENIDES AND THE PARMENIDES' SECOND DEDUCTION
- APPENDICES
- BIBLIOGRAPHY
- INDEX LOCORUM
- GENERAL INDEX.
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