The published version of this text will be found in Barry David (ed.), Passionate Mind, Essays in... more The published version of this text will be found in Barry David (ed.), Passionate Mind, Essays in Honor of John M. Rist, Academia Verlag, Baden-Baden, Germany, 2019, pp. 93-136.
Elenchos 2017, 38(1-2), p. 1-22. [ I am glad to be able to offer readers of Academia.edu a version of the article printed in a format not very different from the beautiful format traditionally associated with the journal since its foundation by Gabriele Giannantoni nearly forty years ago.]
Recent attempts at giving meaning to Empedocles' enigmatic metaphor of a 'pathway' and 'summits' ... more Recent attempts at giving meaning to Empedocles' enigmatic metaphor of a 'pathway' and 'summits' (fr. 24) suffer from weaknesses logical no less than philological. Contrary theses do not have to be contradictory. Does Empedocles express a preference for 'summits' as opposed to a 'pathway', or for a 'pathway' as opposed to 'summits'? Very possibly neither. The context in which the two verses are quoted points rather to a graceful peroration. However many 'summits' there may have been on the way, the traveller has to complete his journey. However many the fascinating topics Cleombrotus has spoken of, he has to know how to bring his speech, his 'path of words', to a successful conclusion.
Études sur Parménide, Tome I, Le Poème de Parménide, texte, traduction, essai critique par D. O'Brien en collaboration avec J. Frère pour la traduction française, Paris : J. Vrin, 1987, 1987
Études sur Parménide, Tome I, Le Poème de Parménide, texte, traduction, essai critique par D. O'Brien en collaboration avec J. Frère pour la traduction française, Paris : J. Vrin, 1987., 1987
Études sur Parménide, Tome I, Le Poème de Parménide, texte, traduction, essai critique par D. O'Brien en collaboration avec J. Frère pour la traduction française, Paris : J. Vrin, 1987., 1987
Études sur Parménide, Tome I, Le Poème de Parménide, texte, traduction, essai critique par D. O'Brien en collaboration avec J. Frère pour la traduction française, Paris : J. Vrin, 1987., 1987
Études sur Parménide, Tome I, Le Poème de Parménide, texte, traduction, essai critique par D. O'Brien en collaboration avec J. Frère pour la traduction française, Paris : J. Vrin, 1987., 1987
The published version of this text will be found in Barry David (ed.), Passionate Mind, Essays in... more The published version of this text will be found in Barry David (ed.), Passionate Mind, Essays in Honor of John M. Rist, Academia Verlag, Baden-Baden, Germany, 2019, pp. 93-136.
Elenchos 2017, 38(1-2), p. 1-22. [ I am glad to be able to offer readers of Academia.edu a version of the article printed in a format not very different from the beautiful format traditionally associated with the journal since its foundation by Gabriele Giannantoni nearly forty years ago.]
Recent attempts at giving meaning to Empedocles' enigmatic metaphor of a 'pathway' and 'summits' ... more Recent attempts at giving meaning to Empedocles' enigmatic metaphor of a 'pathway' and 'summits' (fr. 24) suffer from weaknesses logical no less than philological. Contrary theses do not have to be contradictory. Does Empedocles express a preference for 'summits' as opposed to a 'pathway', or for a 'pathway' as opposed to 'summits'? Very possibly neither. The context in which the two verses are quoted points rather to a graceful peroration. However many 'summits' there may have been on the way, the traveller has to complete his journey. However many the fascinating topics Cleombrotus has spoken of, he has to know how to bring his speech, his 'path of words', to a successful conclusion.
Études sur Parménide, Tome I, Le Poème de Parménide, texte, traduction, essai critique par D. O'Brien en collaboration avec J. Frère pour la traduction française, Paris : J. Vrin, 1987, 1987
Études sur Parménide, Tome I, Le Poème de Parménide, texte, traduction, essai critique par D. O'Brien en collaboration avec J. Frère pour la traduction française, Paris : J. Vrin, 1987., 1987
Études sur Parménide, Tome I, Le Poème de Parménide, texte, traduction, essai critique par D. O'Brien en collaboration avec J. Frère pour la traduction française, Paris : J. Vrin, 1987., 1987
Études sur Parménide, Tome I, Le Poème de Parménide, texte, traduction, essai critique par D. O'Brien en collaboration avec J. Frère pour la traduction française, Paris : J. Vrin, 1987., 1987
Études sur Parménide, Tome I, Le Poème de Parménide, texte, traduction, essai critique par D. O'Brien en collaboration avec J. Frère pour la traduction française, Paris : J. Vrin, 1987., 1987
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