Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2016
Department 1
Classics
Abstract
In a recent article in this journal, Néstor-Luis Cordero has offered an interesting account of how scholars may have been misreading Parmenides' poem for centuries, as well as some provocative suggestions on how to correct that misreading. He calls into question the prevalent notion of the Doxa as Parmenides' account of the phenomenal world, and he challenges the standard arrangement of the fragments that assigns lines featuring 'physical' topics to that portion of the poem. The 'Doxa of Parmenides', if that phrase is understood to imply that Parmenides himself embraced doxai of any kind is, Cordero claims, an imaginary fusion, like Centaurs or Sirens, of two independently legitimate notions. [excerpt]
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DOI
10.5840/ancientphil20163612
Recommended Citation
Kurfess, Christopher. "The Truth about Parmenides' Doxa." Ancient Philosophy 36, 1 (Spring 2016): 13-45.
Required Publisher's Statement
Original version available from the publisher, the Philosophy Documentation Center.
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