The logic of being in Parmenides: between poetry and philosophy

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Parmenides. “what it is” (τὸ ἐόν). Λόγος.

Abstract

Parmenides proposes a notion of φύσις somewhat different from the Milesian tradition, associating it no longer with some constituent such as water, earth, fire and air, but with “what it is” (τὸ ἐόν). With this, he favors the notion that φύσις is apprehended by thought (λόγος) and not by sensation, in order to be expressed in words based on the deduction of parameters for investigation. Our aim is to show that Parmenides uses a poetic language to guide the rules of philosophical language adopted by posterity, maintaining, however, the identity, arising from the archaic tradition, between φύσις and λόγος.

Author Biographies

Maria Aparecida de Paiva Montenegro, Universidade Federal do Ceará (UFC)

Atua na graduação e na pós-graduação em Filosofia na Universidade Federal do Ceará (UFC). Doutorado em Filosofia pela Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP).

Hedgar Lopes de Castro, Universidade Federal do Ceará (UFC)

Doutorando em Filosofia, pelo Programa de Pós-Graduação em Filosofia da Universidade Federal do Ceará (UFC).

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2024-07-08

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No. 32 (2024)

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Dossier Transpositions in Antiquity Studies(s)

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