What is what-is?
Subtitle: a study of Parmenides' poem
By: Harvey White.
Publisher: Peter Lang
Published: 2005
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng; grc
Number of pages: 152
Subjects: Parmenides.; Ontology -- History.; Philosophy, Ancient.
Description: "This book interprets the poem by the pre-Socratic philosopher, Parmenides, in a way that differs fundamentally from traditional interpretations. While some recent studies show that the poem uses the word "is" as a copula rather than a substantive, a close analysis of the Greek text shows that Parmenides did not deny the reality of a plurality of sense perceivable objects, but argued that each is an individual homogeneous unity that emerged from a mixture of opposite elements."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [141]-143) and indexes.