Parmenides' Conception of Light
Dados Bibliográficos
| ID | 10285100 |
|---|---|
| Autores | W J Verdenius (autor correspondente) |
| Ano | 1949 |
| Volume | 2 |
| Fascículo | 1 |
| Páginas | 116-131 |
| Data de publicação | 1949-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Sim |
| Open Access | Não |
| Tipo | ARTICLE |
| Periódico | Mnemosyne (JOURNAL) |
| Identificadores do periódico | ISSN: 0026-7074 • E-ISSN: 1568-525X |
| Editora | Brill (PUBLISHER • NL) |
| DOI | 10.1163/156852549x00131 |
| OpenAlex | W2088385319 |
| Idioma | EN |
| Citações recebidas | 5 |
In this paper I shall deal with a problem in the philosophy of Parmenides which has been rather neglected, because it did not seem to be a problem at all. Parmenides based his cosmology on the dualism of two primary substances, Fire or Light and Night. It is commonly held that he borrowed this conception from Pythagoreanism1). There is indeed some ground for believing that he was acquainted with the Pythagoreans and underwent some influence from their ideas 2). It is also to be admitted that the Pythagoreans held a dualistic conception of reality and that the contrast Light-Darkness occurred in their list of contraries 3). However, there remains this important point of difference that they seem to have regarded the contrast Light-Darkness as a special aspect of the primary contrast Limit-Unlimited, whereas Parmenides made Light and Darkness the fundamental principles of the phenomenal world 4)
Art · Astronomy · Biology · Contrast (vision · Darkness · Dualism · Epistemology · Key (lock · Literature · Optics · Physics · Classical Philosophy and Thought · Ecology · Philosophy
| Obras citantes distintas | 5 |
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| Citações por ano | 0,33 |
| Intervalo de citações | 2011 - 2025 (15) |
| Velocidade de citação | recent |
| Altamente citado | Não |
| Tipos de citação | Neutras: 5 |