'NOW' ACCORDING TO PARMENIDES: B 8.5 ('Teraz' u Parminidesa: B 8,5)

• Authors: Pawliszcze J.
• Languages of publication: PL

Abstracts

EN

The main purpose of this paper is to analyze the concept of time in Parmenides' poem. The author begins with comparison between Parmenides and the concept of eternity in Plato's Timaeus. Some historian agree, that concept of eternity was alien for Parmenides and argue from fragm. 8, 5-6, where Parmenides uses the term 'now' - nyn in non-eternal sense. The author reads the conceptions of Schofield, Kahn, Gallop and Groarke (and many other writers) and observe some difficulties with their interpretations. He makes entrance with strictly philological analysis of nyn (Plato, Sophocles, Aristotle) and compares their use of 'now' with poems of Pindar. The author introduces the concept of 'cyclical' time, where order of moments is irrelevant and men can achieve salvation relatively easy to access.

Keywords

EN

'CYCLICAL' TIME; 'NOW' - NYN (PARMENIDES); ETERNITY (PLATO); TIME (PARMENIDES)

Discipline

• PHILOSOPHY: PHILOSOPHY

• Publisher: Wydawnictwo Naukowe Uniwersytetu Szczecińskiego
• Journal: Analiza i Egzystencja. Czasopismo Filozoficzne
• Year: 2008
• Issue: 7
• Pages: 125-144
• Document type: ARTICLE

Contributors

author

Pawliszcze J.

• J. Pawliszcze, Wyzsza Szkola Humanistyczno-Ekonomiczna w Lodzi, Katedra Logiki, ul. Rewolucji 1905r. nr 64, 90-222 Lódz, Poland

Identifiers

CEJSH db identifier

09PLAAAA064124