THE BEGINNING OF MELISSUS' ON NATURE OR ON WHAT-IS: A RECONSTRUCTION

被引：3

作者：

Harriman, Benjamin ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Cambridge, Magdalene Coll, Cambridge CB2 1TN, England

来源：

JOURNAL OF HELLENIC STUDIES | 2015年 / 135卷

关键词：

Melissus; Parmenides; sphragis; deductive argument; sempiternity;

D O I：

10.1017/S007542691500004X

中图分类号：

I [文学];

学科分类号：

05 ;

摘要：

The philosophical treatise of Melissus of Samos is often maintained to have a strictly deductive argumentative structure. This article attempts to confirm this thesis by establishing that such a structure is instituted beginning from its title and introductory sphragis. Extant paraphrases of Melissus' treatise are examined and are argued (in line with some previous treatments) to provide a highly illuminating indication that the work began from the hypothesis that something is. Next, an account of how the first verbatim fragment (DK30B1) takes up this prefatory material is given along with a reconstructed text and translation of the title, preface and argument for the sempiternity of what-is.

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页码：19 / 34

页数：16