Parmenides by Plato

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Author Plato, 428? BCE-348? BCE
Translator Jowett, Benjamin, 1817-1893
Title Parmenides
Note Socrates
Credits Produced by Sue Asscher, and David Widger
Summary "Parmenides" by Plato is a philosophical dialogue likely written during the late 4th century BC. This work presents a complex examination of metaphysical concepts, particularly focusing on the nature of being and the dichotomy between the One and the Many. The central figures in the dialogue include Socrates, the youthful philosopher, and Parmenides, the venerable thinker whose ideas spark a rigorous dialectical analysis. The opening of "Parmenides" introduces a scene in which Cephalus recounts the events leading to a philosophical discussion that happened in Athens involving Socrates, Parmenides, and Zeno. Cephalus inquires about his half-brother Antiphon and relays how Parmenides and Zeno came to Athens during the Panathenaic festival. Antiphon, initially reluctant, agrees to recite a dialogue he remembers about the discussions among Socrates, Zeno, and Parmenides on crucial philosophical questions regarding unity, plurality, and the relationship between existence and ideas. As the dialogue unfolds, Socrates expertly engages with Zeno’s arguments about being and non-being, raising profound queries about the nature of ideas and how they relate to the physical world, setting the stage for further explorations of these philosophical issues. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
Language English
LoC Class B: Philosophy, Psychology, Religion
LoC Class PA: Language and Literatures: Classical Languages and Literature
Subject Classical literature
Subject Dialectic -- Early works to 1800
Subject Socrates, 470 BC-399 BC
Subject Philosophy, Ancient
Subject Reasoning -- Early works to 1800
Subject Ontology -- Early works to 1800
Subject Parmenides
Subject Zeno, of Elea
Category Text
EBook-No. 1687
Release Date
Most Recently Updated Jan 16, 2013
Copyright Status Public domain in the USA.
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