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Landscape of Wisdom: A Guided Tour of Western Philosophy
With this introductory guidebook in hand, students will embark on the most interactive and engaging tour of Western philosophy available As they journey across the landscape of wisdom, they'll develop an understanding of the key themes in the history of philosophy, a working knowledge of twenty major philosophers' central beliefs, and the critical reading and writing skills necessary to decode even the thorniest of philosophical texts..
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Pythagorean Crimes
Athens, 1929. Stefanos Kantartzis is found murdered, and Michael Igerinos, his best friend of 30 years, is being questioned by the police as the last person to see him alive.
While looking at his dead friend’s body, Michael is immediately taken back to the late summer of 1900 when he and Stefanos first met in the crammed Sorbonne University lecture hall. The story of their friendship begins during the Second International Congress of Mathematics—an event that was to become a landmark for 20th century mathematical research.
At the root of this historically based work of fiction lies the question as to whether the solution to a mathematical problem could inspire such passion, so intense and perilous, as to drive someone to murder.
The story takes the reader behind the scenes of academia, into the world of Bertrand Russell, Hilbert, Poincaré, and Gödel, and through the streets of Bohemian Paris at the heyday of Montmartre, the Moulin Rouge, and the “Zut”—the infamous hangout of Toulouse-Lautrec, Picasso, Max Jacob, and many other colorful characters.
Pythagorean Crimes follows in the tradition of popular mathematical fiction like Doxiadis’ Uncle Petros and Goldbach’s Conjecture and Martinez’ Oxford Murders. Yet brings with it old-world charm and the cultural richness of the social, political, scientific and intellectual circles of early 20th century France, Germany, and Greece. .
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In the Dark Places of Wisdom
A set of ancient inscriptions on marble found 40 years ago in southern Italy, recording details so bewildering that scholars have kept silent about them ... Sensational new information about a group of ancient philosophers who were so intensely practical that, two and a half thousand years ago, they shaped our existence and the world we live in ... These are just two ingredients of this extraordinary book, which uncovers an astonishing reality right at the origins of the Western world. Written by a highly-acclaimed contemporary historian and expert in the field, it provides dramatic new evidence about one of the most important of ancient philosophers, Parmenides-and revolutionizes our un-derstanding of the history of religion, of the origins of philosophy, and of Western culture as a whole..
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Black Market Truth: The Aristotle Quest, Book 1: A Dana McCarter Trilogy (Aristotle Quest: A Dana McCarter Trilogy) (Bk. 1)
A secret concealed for centuries, shrouded in myth, silenced by stone. A secret that if unleashed threatens to shake the very foundation of Western civilization. A secret that can remain hidden no longer. The quest begins in Rome, where a grizzly murder and a plundered tomb serve to ignite perhaps the most controversial conflict in human history. Inspector Domenico Conti is charged with the task of recovering the contents of the tomb, but as he delves deeper into the investigation, he is thrust into the center of a centuries-old struggle between truth and those who would stop at nothing to conceal it. But he is not alone. Dr. Dana McCarter, newly appointed director of the Advanced Institute for the Study of Antiquity, finds herself at the heart of the mystery when her considerable expertise in ancient Greek philosophy and her suspect involvement with the black market take her on a journey beginning in her New York University offices and sweeping around the globe—from the dark alleys of Moscow, to the rolling hills of the Italian countryside and the enigmatic relics of an ancient civilization, alive with long-kept secrets. As the search for answers leads them through a labyrinth of conspiracy and intrigue, Dana and Domenico must question everything they believe in and decide how much they are willing to sacrifice to know the truth. .
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The Route of Parmenides: A New Revised Edition with a New Introduction, Three Additional Essays and a Previously Unpublished Paper by Gregory Vlastos.
This study of the fragments of Parmenides' poem, "On Nature" (early 5th century b.c.e.), combines traditional philological reconstruction with the approaches of literary criticism and philosophical analysis to reveal the thought structure and expressive unity of the best preserved and most important, influential, and coherent text of Greek philosophy before Plato. Originally published in 1970 and widely cited and discussed since then in the literature on Parmenides and on the pre-Socratics, "The Route of Parmenides" has been out of print for nearly three decades. This new edition - the first in paperback - includes a new introduction, and it reprints three essays by the author that significantly enhance and extend the argument of the original edition. Also included is a previously unpublished essay by Gregory Vlastos, "Names of Being in Parmenides," which serves both as a complement and as a foil to the corresponding argument in Route. Combining the approaches of philosophical, philological, and literary analysis, Alexander Mourelatos examines the morphology of images and metaphors in the fragments of Parmenides' poem "On Nature" with the aim of articulating and interpreting the poem's key concepts and component arguments. Relevant antecedents and parallels from the tradition of epic poetry, especially of Homer's Odyssey, are explored in depth. Apart from the contribution the book makes toward understanding Parmenides' thought, it offers philosophically substantial analyses of the Greek concept of aletheia, "truth, reality," and of the thematically important cluster of Greek terms that center, respectively, on the concepts of "persuasion" (peithein, pistis, peitho) and "seeming/belief" (dokein, doxa)..
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Parmenides (Studies in Continental Thought)
This is an excellent translation. The Philosopher Parmenides, a lecture course delivered by Martin Heidegger at the University of Freiburg during the winter semester of 1942-1943, presents a highly original interpretation of ancient Greek philosophy. A Major contribution to Heidegger's provocative dialog with the pre-Socratics, the book challenges some of the most firmly established traditional notions about Greek thinking and the Greek world.The central theme is the question of truth and the primordial understanding of truth to be found in Parmenides' 'didactic poem'. Heidegger highlights the contrast between Greek and Roman thought and the reflection of that contrast in language. He analyzes the decline in the primordial understanding of truth - and, just as importantly, of untruth - that began in later Greek philosophy and that continues, by virtue of the Latinization of the West, down to the present day. Beyond an interpretation of Greek philosophy, "Parmenides" offers a strident critique of the contemporary world, delivered during a time that Heidegger described as 'out of joint'. "Studies in Continental Thought" - John Sallis, general editor..
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By Being, It Is: The Thesis of Parmenides
The adventure of philosophy began in Greece, where it was gradually developed by the ancient thinkers as a special kind of knowledge by which to explain the totality of things. In fact, the Greek language has always used the word onta, "beings," to refer to things. At the end of the sixth century BCE, Parmenides wrote a poem to affirm his fundamental thesis upon which all philosophical systems should be based: that there are beings. In By Being, It Is, Nestor-Luis Cordero explores the richness of this Parmenidean thesis, which became the cornerstone of philosophy. Cordero's textual analysis of the poem's fragments reveals that Parmenides' intention was highly didactic. His poem applied, for the first time, an explicative method that deduced consequences from a true axiom: by being, it is. To ignore this reality meant to be a victim of opinions. This volume explains how without this conceptual base, all later ontology would have been impossible. This book offers a clear and concise introduction to the Parmenidean doctrine and helps the reader appreciate the imperative value of Parmenides's claim that "by being, it is." "This thorough and controversial book will certainly be valued highly by the international community of scholars devoted to the study of ancient philosophy as well as by educated readers worldwide." -- Alfonso Gomez-Lobo, Georgetown University" By Being, It Is offers a meticulous discussion of one of the most puzzling theses in the history of philosophy. It is a highly challenging piece of work from a philosophical viewpoint, an outstanding model of philological work, and a contribution that causes anyone interested in philosophical matters to reflect." -- Marcelo D. Boeri, National Council for Scientific and Technological Research, Argentina"Parmenides' importance consists in the fact that he represents an absolute beginning in history, and particularly in the history of thought. We can understand why, for more than twenty years now, N.L. Cordero has devoted tremendous efforts to understanding the few verses that remain to us of this Poem. The result is the present book, characterized by its completeness and its rigor. It is an essential work on a seminal author." -- Luc Brisson, National Council for Scientific Research, FranceNÉSTOR-LUIS CORDERO is Professor of Ancient Philosophy at the University of Rennes, France. He is the author of Les deux chemins de Parménide (1997), and Siendo, Se Es [the Spanish edition of By Being, It Is] (2005). .
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