Search results for "Parmenide"
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Could Themis be the Deity who «Steers» Parmenides’ Cosmos?
2021
In this paper I will investigate the identity of the daímōn introduced by Parmenides in B12, 3 DK, the deity “who steers all things”. The importance of this deity is not adequately reflected in ancient doxography but in recent decades many scholars have reconsidered its role. I argue that in Parmenides’ poem this daímōn may play a relevant role in connecting the theological, ontological and cosmological planes. My purpose is to provide enough arguments for the hypothesis that the daímōn may be the same goddess, Themis, who in the proem (B1, 28) is paired with Dike as a guide for Parmenides to the theá who will reveal to him the truth of tò eón, and in the part of the poem called alḗtheia (B…
L’ἀλήθεια dell’‘essere’ nel cielo del proemio parmenideo (28, B1 D.-K.)
2018
The dóxa is a major aspect of Parmenides’ “scientific” commitment, as evidenced by studies of its discoveries in various fields of knowledge. Among them in astronomy. However, these studies have ended up identifying a scientific plan separate from the mythicalreligious and philosophical one of the first part. This survey explores the possibility of reconsidering the presence in the Parmenides’ dóxa of ontology and theology. It does so by proposing the hypothesis that the proem contains among the multiple semantic-linguistic layers the mythopoeic presentation of the astronomical theorem of the identity of Eos and Hesperus, with the intent of showing, from the very beginning and in the most a…
Unity in Crisis : Protometaphysical and Postmetaphysical Decisions
2014
Olemisen ainutkertaisuudesta ainutkertaisuuden politiikkaan : Parmenides, Heidegger, Nancy
2013
Recensione di “Il canone minore. Verso una filosofia della natura”
2017
Review of Rocco Ronchi's book.
Un etimo vichiano e il mito come categoria della ragione
1987
Il legame fra mito e logos nella "Scienza nuova" vichiana, problematizzato in relazione all'opposizione che Platone istituisce fra i due termini nel "Parmenide".