Mortal and Divine in Early Greek Epistemology: A Study of Hesiod, Xenophanes and Parmenides

ISBN-13: 9781009069847 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 420 str.

Shaul Tor

Opis

This book rethinks the relations between reasoning and revelation and, therefore, the nature of philosophy and religion in archaic Greece.

Spis treści

Introduction; 1. Rationality and irrationality, philosophy and religion; 2. Hesiodic epistemology; 3. Xenophanes on divine disclosure and mortal inquiry; Introduction to the chapters on Parmenides; 4. Why did Parmenides write Doxa?; 5. How could Parmenides have written Alêtheia?; 6. Retrospect and prospect; Appendix: The trajectory of the kouros' journey and eschatological topography in Parmenides: some inconclusive remarks.