Plato’s Parmenides ReconsideredPlato's Parmenides Reconsidered offers a very accessible, detailed, and historically-sensitive account of Plato's Parmenides. Against the prevailing scholarly wisdom, he illustrates conclusively that Parmenides is a satirical dialogue in which Plato attempts to expose the absurd nature of the doctrines and method of his philosophical opponents. |
Contents
Parmenides Part I | |
Parmenides Part II | |
Speaking of the Negative One Which We Cannot Speak | |
The Final Conclusion of Parmenides | |
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