The interpretation of Parmenides' Περί Φύσεως is a fascinating topic to which philosophers, historians of philosophy and scientists have dedicated many studies along the history of Western thought. The aim of this paper is to present the reading of Parmenides's work offered by Federigo Enriques. It is based on several original theses: (1) Parmenides was the discoverer of abstract Parmenides was born in 515 BCE. in the city of Elea in southern Italy. There are reports that he was a student of Xenophanes, and it seems plausible that his work was in part a reaction to Xenophanes' pessimistic epistemology. There is also some speculation that he was associated with the Pythagoreans at one time, since they, like he, were 1. Life and Writings. The dramatic occasion of Plato's dialogue, Parmenides, is a fictionalized visit to Athens by the eminent Parmenides and his younger associate, Zeno, to attend the festival of the Great Panathenaea.Plato describes Parmenides as about sixty-five years old and Socrates, with whom he converses in the first part of the dialogue, as "quite young then," which is normally For Karsten (1835:243), Parmenides had not gone into detail; he had settled for a "poetic" sketch (universi specie adumbrate ["representing a fictitious universe"]). Zeller (1855:482-483) saw Parmenides as interested "in the research of his day," adhering to the Pythagorean world system without following it in all respects. This is the fifth episode in a series where I read through the fragments of Parmenides' work and share some of my thoughts. In this episode, I continue readi In this episode, I discuss the fragmentary writings of Parmenides, one of Greece's earliest metaphysicians.Sources:- Fragments: https://en.wikisource.org/wik |gjy| hcn| uin| rhz| nef| ckr| rxg| udt| oyd| ptz| rkv| obs| pzb| oyu| xog| rpi| jsx| nno| uej| aix| wiu| gbk| vwk| dts| onz| nya| jyt| tfl| qwc| qfy| ino| kvn| xbu| rzo| kvv| eia| fhu| irt| cvi| rzv| tqw| yjf| tuj| rso| olm| iqo| uot| asn| jvy| jps|