Parmenides Publishing




Proceedings of the International Symposium:
Parmenides, Venerable and Awesome

Néstor-Luis Cordero, ed.

January 2012
ISBN 978-1-930972-33-9
434 pages • 6 x 9 • Paperback
$65.00
NÉSTOR–LUIS CORDERO

is professor of ancient philosophy at the University of Rennes, France. He is the author of Les deux chemins de Parménide (1984) and By Being, It Is: The Thesis of Parmenides (2004).
    Contributors:
Scott Austin
Jean Bollack
Giovanni Casertano
Barbara Cassin
Giovanni Cerri
Néstor-Luis Cordero
Patricia Curd
Jean Frère
Arnold Hermann
Alexander P.D. Mourelatos
Massimo Pulpito
Chiara Robbiano
Fernando Santoro
José Solana Dueso
José Trindade Santos
Panagiotis Thanassas

Additional short papers
presented by the following
PhD candidates:
Esteban Bieda
María Elena Díaz
Gabriel Livov
Ezequiel Ludueña
Claudia T. Mársico
Fabián Mié
Lucas Soares
Pilar Spangenberg
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In October of 2007, the Universidad Nacional de San Martín (Argentina) hosted an International Symposium on the philosophy of Parmenides to celebrate the creation of the University’s new Center for the Study of Ancient Philosophy. The event—co-organized by the HYELE Institute for Comparative Studies (Switzerland) and Parmenides Publishing—brought together scholars from around the world to present their latest work and participate in discussion. These Proceedings present the collected papers that were given—all fully translated into English—and edited by Néstor-Luis Cordero.

During the two years leading up to the International Symposium, no fewer than seven books on Parmenides were published. This revival and resurgence of interest in Parmenides and the critical reviews of traditional interpretations of his poem made this the perfect time for a global conference dedicated to the renowned figure known as the true father of philosophy.

The Symposium on Parmenides united the world's foremost Parmenidean scholars, with many participants having written one, if not several books on Parmenides. The proceedings volume therefore represents the most cutting-edge and in-depth scholarship on Parmenides available today, and will be a great and timely enrichment to the field of Presocratic Philosophy.

 

"Parmenides, Venerable and Awesome presents contributions from some of the most renowned and established international experts on Parmenides, together with recently completed intensive research by up and coming scholars in the field. As such the book provides a unique opportunity for comparison between long-standing interpretations vis-à-vis new suggestions and proposals, while also acting as a sort of finely tuned 'seismograph,' signaling the immediate interests and trends that characterize the direction of new research in Parmenidean studies.

It is the richness and variety of topics that distinguish this book, and its most interesting features are the dialogue and exchange of ideas, the distinct character of the contributions, and the many innovative theories they advance. Parmenides, Venerable and Awesome is an essential contribution to the study of Parmenides."

—Luigi Ruggiu
Università Ca' Foscari di Venezia