Homer, Parmenides, and the Road to Demonstration

Parmenides invented extended deductive argumentation and the practice of demonstration, a transformative event in the history of thought. This book uncovers the origins of this development in Homeric poetic imagery and particularly Parmenides' adaptation of the image of the hodos, the road and the j...

Ausführliche Beschreibung

Gespeichert in:
Bibliographische Detailangaben
1. Verfasser: Folit-Weinberg, Benjamin
Format: Online
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: Cambridge University Press 2022
Schlagworte:
Online-Zugang:ONIX_20220809_9781009047562_122
Tags: Tag hinzufügen
Keine Tags, Fügen Sie das erste Tag hinzu!
Beschreibung
Zusammenfassung:Parmenides invented extended deductive argumentation and the practice of demonstration, a transformative event in the history of thought. This book uncovers the origins of this development in Homeric poetic imagery and particularly Parmenides' adaptation of the image of the hodos, the road and the journey.