Chorology : on beginning in Plato's Timaeus
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Chorology : on beginning in Plato's Timaeus
（Studies in Continental thought）
Indiana University Press, c1999
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Includes bibliographical references and indexes
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"This excellent work . . . deserves the serious consideration of all who are interested in contemporary philosophy as well as those who concern themselves with ancient philosophy, especially Plato." -Review of Metaphysics
In Chorology, John Sallis takes up one of the most enigmatic discourses
in the history of philosophy. Plato's discourse on the chora-the chorology-forms the pivotal moment in the Timaeus. The implications of the chorology are momentous and communicate with many of the most decisive issues in contemporary philosophical discussions.
Table of Contents
Prologue
1. Remembrance of the City
Reception
The Eidetic City
The Archaic City
2. Production of the Cosmos
Prelude
Animating the cosmic body
The Starry Heaven
Gods and Mortals
3. The Chora
Another Beginning
Images of the Chora
Chorology
4. Traces of the Chora
From Traces to Primary Bodies
Epichorology
The Political Frame
5. Reinscriptions
Forgery
Reductions
Appropriation
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In "Chorology", John Sallis takes up one of the most enigmatic discourses in the history of philosophy. Plato's discourse on the chora - the chorology - forms the pivotal moment in the Timaeus. Drawing on the entire tradition of commentary from Aristotle and the early Academy, through Plutarch, Plotinus, and especially Proclus, to the recent discussions by Gadamer, Derrida, and others, Sallis undertakes a reinterpretation of the entire dialogue oriented to the chorology. Among its various effects, this reinterpretation unsettles the traditional reading of the famous passage on time as the moving image of eternity. It also resituates the entire cosmological discourse within its political frame. One of the most decisive results of this chorology is to show that the basic distinction between the intelligible and the sensible is, through the invocation of the chora, both founded and, at the same time, displaced. Insofar as this distinction defines the very scope of Westernmetaphysics, the implications of the chorology are momentous and communicate with many of the most decisive issues in contemporary philosophical discussions.
Table of Contents
Prologue 1. Remembrance of the City Reception The Eidetic City The Archaic City 2. Production of the Cosmos Prelude Animating the cosmic body The Starry Heaven Gods and Mortals 3. The Chora Another Beginning Images of the Chora Chorology 4. Traces of the Chora From Traces to Primary Bodies Epichorology The Political Frame 5. Reinscriptions Forgery Reductions Appropriation
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