... A Resatatement If what we have said in our last tranmission (July 19, "Parmenides 132b")) is correct, then our thoughts, like our bodies, are not isolated...
... Let us interrupt the continous activity of sensation, to attempt to determine precisely what goes on when we perceive something. At the point we begin,...
... In our recent discussions a key point has been the distinction of self and being (and thinking) into two kinds: (1) the individual and (2) the whole. Leave...
... Parallels As parallel examples of the logic of contraries and contradiction in ancient Greek thought, especially in the Parmenides and the Metaphysics, I...
I thought I recognized Aristotle's 'unmoved mover' at the end of the Iranian film "Children of Heaven", when the boy gets home after winning the footrace and...
... Contraries are prominent in the presocratic philosophers. Heraclitus is well known for many of his gnomic sayings, e.g. onOma bios ergon thanatos, hodos...
I have a msg from J.P.P.M.vanderZanden in Delft to the effect that this msg was truncated in spots. If this occurred to anyone else's, and you need a re-send,...
... Comparisons and Contrasts, East and West Reference was made a month ago (September 15) to India. Indian philosophy and religion, like Christianity in the...
I invite your attention to Metaphysics 2003 Second World Conference Rome, July 2-5, 2003 Information may be gotten at <www.arsap.net/metafisica> now. The...
I want to thank Edward Little for cordially calling your attention to the World Conference on Metaphysics which will be held in Rome next July. At the end of...
... Two weeks ago I posted an invitation to "Metaphysics 2003. Second World Conference" to be held in Rome, Italy, next July. Among the "Main Topic Areas" are...
... A reader of these lists has communicated to me privately some objections to my last post. Now there is no law against such a private communication, nor do...
... I think the activity began even earlier. Of course, it depends on what we call metaphysics. So, the answer to what is metaphysics cannot start with a...
... What Was He Thinking? What was Plato thinking when he composed the eight hypotheses of the Parmenides? Of course we don't KNOW. We are not mind readers....
Thank you, Szabolcs, for your reply to mine of 3 November. Of course your criticisms are in many ways very just. For example, your insistence on the...
... Plato was not so lucky as Parmenides was with the goddess. The goddess tells Parmenides the truth and he could record it in this poem. Plato´s dialogue...
... Let me reiterate, Szabolcs, that these are some hypotheses I put forth here, some interpretations of Parmenides, Plato and Aristotle. Surely we don't KNOW...
The meaning of a document varies in relation to subjective determination of 'genre'. Plato's Symposium seems to me a work of dramatic art that doesn't produce...
... Metamorphosis of Metaphysics I asked recently, what was Plato trying to say in his dialogue, the Parmenides? Now what was Parmenides trying to say in his...
... Over the last several weeks I have referred several times to the primitive context of Parmenides' poem and the ideas it expresses. He lived and wrote in...
... A few weeks ago, while writing about the place of Parmenides in the early stages of Greek thought, I recited a litany of names of scholars who have...
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... If metaphysical philosophy has evolved in the past, as we have here made out, may it continue to evolve in the future? To deny that, would be presumptuous,...
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Enter your vote today! A new poll has been created for the aristotle-met group: should our kids lose their virginity before they do drugs? o before they do...
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We are currently reading Metaphysics in a discussion group I belong to. We talk a lot about the genus "being" as a set which contains everything and therefore...
We are currently reading Metaphysics in a discussion group I belong to. We talk a lot about the genus "being" as a set which contains everything and therefore...
We are currently reading Metaphysics in a discussion group I belong to. We talk a lot about the genus "being" as a set which contains everything and therefore...
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Sorry about that, Kalev. I was copying your msg, and inadvertently sent it back to the list. Anyhow, glad to hear from you. Meanwhile, holding my comments,...
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... The question was raised Sunday last by Normcot, "if a set could be created of non-possible things, like square circles?" First of all, this is not "a very...
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... The question was raised Sunday last by Normcot, "if a set could be created of non-possible things, like square circles?" First of all, this is not "a very...
... "Habent sua fata libelli" (Terence) I have many times on this list insisted that pieces of art of all kinds, including ancient literature and philosophy,...
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