The figure of nature :: on Greek origins /

Broaching an understanding of nature in Platonic thought, John Sallis goes beyond modern conceptions and provides a strategy to have recourse to the profound sense of nature operative in ancient Greek philosophy. In a rigorous and textually based account, Sallis traces the complex development of the...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Sallis, John, 1938- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Bloomington : Indiana University Press, 2016.
Series:Studies in Continental thought.
Subjects:
Online Access:DE-862
DE-863
Summary:Broaching an understanding of nature in Platonic thought, John Sallis goes beyond modern conceptions and provides a strategy to have recourse to the profound sense of nature operative in ancient Greek philosophy. In a rigorous and textually based account, Sallis traces the complex development of the Greek concept of nature. Beginning with the mythical vision embodied in the figure of the goddess Artemis, he reanimates the sense of nature that informs the fragmentary discourses of Anaximenes, Heraclitus, Parmenides, and Empedocles and shows how Plato takes up pre-Socratic conceptions critically while also being transformed. Through Sallis's close reading of the Theaetetus and the Phaedo, he recovers the profound and comprehensive concept of nature in Plato's thought.
Physical Description:1 online resource
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780253023360
025302336X

There is no print copy available.

Get full text