Much Ado About 'Nothing': μηδέν and τὸ μὴ ἐόν in Parmenides, 2002
By: Sanders, Katie R.
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)
Much Ado About 'Nothing":μηδέν and το μη έόν in ParmenidesK.R. SandersIt is, to my knowledge, a universally accepted assumption among con-temporary commentators that μηδέν, 'nothing', and το μη έόν, 'what-is-not', function as synonyms in Parmenides' poem.1 In this paper, I focus primarily on the central role this supposed semantic equivalence playsin 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 canmake the best sense of Parmenides' argument in this and the surround-ing lines precisely by retaining the manuscript reading and recognizingthe difference in meaning between 'nothing' and 'what-is-not'. This claim, of course, also has broader implications for the interpretation of Parmenides' poem generally.

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Much Ado About 'Nothing': μηδέν and τὸ μὴ ἐόν in Parmenides, 2002
By: Sanders, Katie R.
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)
Much Ado About  'Nothing":μηδέν and το μη  έόν in ParmenidesK.R. SandersIt is, to my knowledge, a universally  accepted assumption among con-temporary commentators that μηδέν, 'nothing', and το μη  έόν, 'what-is-not',  function  as synonyms in Parmenides' poem.1 In this paper, I focus primarily  on the central  role this supposed semantic equivalence playsin  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 canmake the best sense of Parmenides' argument in this and  the surround-ing lines precisely by retaining the manuscript reading and recognizingthe difference   in meaning between 'nothing' and 'what-is-not'. This claim, of  course, also  has  broader implications for  the  interpretation of Parmenides' poem generally.

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