Parmenides' Verse B 8.34 and the Practical Meaning of noos

0369534 - FLÚ 2012 RIV CZ eng J - Journal Article
Hobza, Pavel
Parmenides' Verse B 8.34 and the Practical Meaning of noos.
Aithér. Roč. 2, č. 4 (2010), s. 9-39. ISSN 1803-7860
Institutional research plan: CEZ:AV0Z90090514
Keywords : Parmenides * noos * verse B 8.34
Subject RIV: AA - Philosophy ; Religion

Unlike the usual approach that construes the line B 8.34 in terms of epistemology, we interpret the line primarily in practical terms. The key to its interpretation is the term noos (mind). Whereas, on the usual interpretation, this term is understood in theoretical terms as the act of, or the capacity for, thinking , in interpreting the line we should rather proceed from its ordinary, rather practical meaning as found, e.g., in the archaic lyric poetry, where it meant a character, attitude, or even moral self. On this interpretation, the line is to be understood in practical or even ethical rather than epistemological terms.
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