| Title | Much Ado About 'Nothing': μηδέν and τὸ μὴ ἐόν in Parmenides |
| Type | Article |
| Language | English |
| Date | 2002 |
| Journal | Apeiron |
| Volume | 35 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 87–104 |
| Categories | no categories |
| Author(s) | Sanders, Katie R. |
| Editor(s) | |
| Translator(s) |
| It is, to my knowledge, a universally accepted assumption among contemporary commentators that μηδέν, 'nothing,' and το μη ἔον, 'what-is-not,' function as synonyms in Parmenides' poem. In this paper, I focus primarily on the central role this supposed semantic equivalence plays in arguments supporting an emendation in line 12 of fragment B8. Despite this scholarly unanimity regarding the synonymy of these two Greek terms and the popularity of the emendation, I contend that we can make the best sense of Parmenides' argument in this and the surrounding lines precisely by retaining the manuscript reading and recognizing the difference in meaning between 'nothing' and 'what-is-not.' This claim, of course, also has broader implications for the interpretation of Parmenides' poem generally. [introduction p. 87-88] |
| Online Resources | https://uni-koeln.sciebo.de/s/TyAsS6APM6xvpAp |
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| Title | Much Ado About 'Nothing': μηδέν and τὸ μὴ ἐόν in Parmenides |
| Type | Article |
| Language | English |
| Date | 2002 |
| Journal | Apeiron |
| Volume | 35 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 87–104 |
| Categories | no categories |
| Author(s) | Sanders, Katie R. |
| Editor(s) | |
| Translator(s) |
It is, to my knowledge, a universally accepted assumption among contemporary commentators that μηδέν, 'nothing,' and το μη ἔον, 'what-is-not,' function as synonyms in Parmenides' poem. In this paper, I focus primarily on the central role this supposed semantic equivalence plays in arguments supporting an emendation in line 12 of fragment B8. Despite this scholarly unanimity regarding the synonymy of these two Greek terms and the popularity of the emendation, I contend that we can make the best sense of Parmenides' argument in this and the surrounding lines precisely by retaining the manuscript reading and recognizing the difference in meaning between 'nothing' and 'what-is-not.' This claim, of course, also has broader implications for the interpretation of Parmenides' poem generally. [introduction p. 87-88] |
| Online Resources | https://uni-koeln.sciebo.de/s/TyAsS6APM6xvpAp |
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