Table of Contents

PrefaceAcknowledgmentsA Note on Texts and TranslationsAbbreviationsIntroduction3IParmenides and the Inquiry into Nature241The Problem of the Argument in Aletheia282Parmenides' esti and the Search for Nature343Mortal Error and the Routes of Inquiry51IIParmenides' Monism and the Arguments of B8641Monism652The Arguments of B8753Difference, Division, and Monism94IIIDoxa and Deception981Puzzles1002Doxa: Opposite Forms1043The Lessons of Mortal Beliefs1114Objections: Mortal Beliefs and Accounts of Experience116IVPluralism after Parmenides1271The Question of Pluralism1282Anaxagoras1313Empedocles1554Zeno and Some Problems of Divisibility171VAtoms, Void, and Rearrangement1801Atoms and Void1842Void, Being, and the ou mallon Arguments1883Knowing Void1984Melissus on the One206VIFinal Remarks2171Philolaus of Croton and Diogenes of Apollonia2182The Last Presocratic: Plato and the Legacy of Parmenides2283Conclusion241Bibliography243Index Locorum257Index Nominum264General Index269

About the Author

Patricia Curd is Professor of Philosophy at Purdue University.

Reviews

This ground-breaking book offers an unorthodox reading of Parmenides' philosophy ... Curd is a close, careful reader of the Parmenidean text. Her translations are both highly accurate and readable... This excellent book ... places Parmenides in the context of his historical predecessors and delineates his influence on the subsequent history of philosophy as well. Religious Studies Review The Legacy of Parmenides represents a milestone along the way of Parmenides' interpretation... It will prove indispensable. -- Alexaner Nehamas International Studies in Philosophy