Inquiring into Being

Essays on Parmenides

Colin C. Smith (Ohio State University)

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English

State University of New York Press
02 September 2025

Literary theory; Literary studies: classical, early & medieval; Semiotics & semiology; Western philosophy: Ancient, to c 500; Social & political philosophy

Series: SUNY series in Ancient Greek Philosophy

New essays on early Greek natural philosopher Parmenides, who is perhaps the originator of metaphysics.

Inquiring into Being is a study of Parmenides, the early Greek pre-Socratic philosopher often credited as the first metaphysician and whose sole written work was a philosophical poem. In his poem, Parmenides has a narrating goddess character indicate the sense of being that must be and cannot be as a corrective to the errors mortals make when accounting for the ultimate nature of reality while showing a keen scientific understanding of natural phenomena. Inquiring into Being brings together and further develops recent work on Parmenides and the surviving fragments of his text through twelve chapters by scholars from the United States and United Kingdom working in analytic and continental philosophy, classics, political theory, literary theory, and the history of science. It serves as a guide through many of the interpretive controversies in Parmenides's poem while offering new insights into Parmenides's role as poet, scientist, natural philosopher, and investigator into the nature of being.

Edited by: Colin C. Smith (Ohio State University)
Imprint: State University of New York Press
Country of Publication: United States [Currently unable to ship to USA: see Shipping Info]
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 21mm
Weight: 431g
ISBN: 9798855801330
Series: SUNY series in Ancient Greek Philosophy
Pages: 310
Publication Date: 02 September 2025
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Colin C. Smith is Visiting Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Ohio State University.

Reviews for Inquiring into Being: Essays on Parmenides

""This book presents a variety of diverse, new interpretations of Parmenides's poem, some of which are destined to become classics."" — Thomas M. Tuozzo, author of Plato's Charmides: Positive Elenchus in a ""Socratic"" Dialogue