Verso la filosofia: Nuove prospettive su Parmenide, Zenone e Melisso

Like in the previous volumes of the series, the book encompasses two parts: Firstly, the main author Livio Rossetti gives three lectures on the Eleatics, aiming to open up new perspectives on them. For instance, he delves into Zeno’s paradoxes – not to attempt to resolve them as has been attempted too many times, but to find how Zeno mounted them and captured his audience. Furthermore, Rossetti raises the point of ‚virtual philosophy‘ concerning the Eleatics, as those who are not aware of being philosophers, like Confucius, or Thales and Heraclitus.
The second part of this book hosts some vivid exchanges between its main author and several scholars, among them Nestor Cordero, A.P.D. Mourelatos, Jaap Mansfeld, Rose Cherubin and Vincenzo Fano.