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OverviewIt is widely agreed that Parmenides invented extended deductive argumentation and the practice of demonstration, a transformative event in the history of thought. But how did he manage this seminal accomplishment? In this book, Benjamin Folit-Weinberg finally provides an answer. At the heart of this story is the image of the hodos, the road and the journey. Brilliantly deploying the tools and insights of literary criticism, conceptual history, and archaeology, Folit-Weinberg illuminates how Parmenides adopts and adapts this image from Homer, especially the Odyssey, forging from it his pioneering intellectual approaches. Reinserting Parmenides into the physical world and poetic culture of archaic Greece, Folit-Weinberg reveals both how deeply traditional and how radical was Parmenides' new way of thinking and speaking. By taking this first step toward providing a history of the concept method, this volume uncovers the genealogy of philosophy in poetry and poetic imagery. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Benjamin Folit-Weinberg (University of Bristol)Publisher: Cambridge University Press Imprint: Cambridge University Press Edition: New edition Dimensions: Width: 14.50cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 22.30cm Weight: 0.600kg ISBN: 9781316517819ISBN 10: 1316517810 Pages: 348 Publication Date: 09 June 2022 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of ContentsReviews'... the merits of this book ... are certainly many, starting with the invitation to read Parmenides' poem starting from the context of production and reception in which it must be placed.' Franco Ferrari, GNOMON Author InformationBenjamin Folit-Weinberg is A. G. Leventis Research Fellow at the Institute for Greece, Rome, and the Classical Tradition at the University of Bristol. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |