Parmenides' Verse B 8.34 and the Practical Meaning of noos
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SYSNO ASEP
0369534
Document Type
J - Journal Article
R&D Document Type
Journal Article
Subsidiary J
Ostatní články
Title
Parmenides' Verse B 8.34 and the Practical Meaning of noos
Author(s)
Hobza, Pavel (FLU-F)
Source Title
Aithér. - : Filosofický ústav AV ČR, v. v. i.
- ISSN 1803-7860
Roč. 2, č. 4 (2010), s. 9-39
Number of pages
31 s.
Language
eng - English
Country
CZ - Czech Republic
Keywords
Parmenides ; noos ; verse B 8.34
Subject RIV
AA - Philosophy ; Religion
CEZ
AV0Z90090514 - FLU-F (2005-2011)
Annotation
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.
