Melissus and Eleatic monism

by Harriman, Benjamin

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Title Statements

Full title :Melissus and Eleatic monism / Benjamin Harriman.

Summary

In the fifth century BCE, Melissus of Samos developed wildly counterintuitive claims against plurality, change, and the reliability of the senses. This book provides a reconstruction of the preserved textual evidence for his philosophy, along with an interpretation of the form and content of each of his arguments. A close examination of his thought reveals an extraordinary clarity and unity in his method and gives us a unique perspective on how philosophy developed in the fifth century, and how Melissus came to be the most prominent representative of what we now call Eleaticism, the monistic philosophy inaugurated by Parmenides. The rich intellectual climate of Ionian enquiry in which Melissus worked is explored and brought to bear on central questions of the interpretation of his fragments. This volume will appeal to students and scholars of early Greek philosophy, and also those working on historical and medical texts.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:©2019

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Cambridge University Press
Place of Publication:Cambridge, United Kingdom
Language:eng
Publication Date:©2019

The Physical Object

Description:xii, 242 pages : : illustrations, maps ; : 23 cm.

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9781108416337, 1108416330
oclc:on1003729250
LC Classification:B485
Dewey Decimal:182/.3

Subjects

Aristotle De generatione et corruptione (Aristotl… Éléates Eleatics Greece Melissus,, Samius Pre-Socratic philosophers Pre-Socratic philosophers -- Greece Présocratiques -- Grèce Reasoning