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JUST/CLAS/RELG 3022 and PHIL 3729: Searching for God: Week 3: The Eleatic School
Topic for the week
Topic: The Eleatic School: Xenophanes, Parmenides, and Zeno
Primary Source: Parmenides
The Fragments of Parmenides; The fragments of Xenophanes (read fragments 1-16); The primary texts of Zeno’s paradoxes are quoted in Hugget’s article linked in the secondary sources on this page.
Secondary Sources: Parmenides
- “Parmenides” in the Oxford Companion to Classical Literature (3 ed., 2011). (This is an extremely brief, helpful introduction to Parmenides)
Skim the following readings:
- XenophanesLesher, James, "Xenophanes", The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (Summer 2021 Ed), Edward N. Zalta (ed.
- ParmenidesPalmer, John, "Parmenides", The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (Winter 2020 Ed), Edward N. Zalta (ed.)
- Zeno’s ParadoxesHuggett, Nick, "Zeno’s Paradoxes", The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (Winter 2019 Ed), Edward N. Zalta (ed.) FYI: Read especially sections 2 The Paradoxes of Plurality and 3 The Paradoxes of Motion.
Encyclopædia Britannica Portrait bust of Parmenides.
Optional Readings: Parmenides
- Chapter IX: Parmenides and the Objects of InquiryBarnes, Jonathan (1999). Chapter IX: Parmenides and the Objects of Inquiry. In The Presocratic philosophers. Routledge and Paul. (pgs. 122-138)
- Chapter X: Being and BecomingBarnes, Jonathan (1999). Chapter X: Being and Becoming In The Presocratic philosophers. Routledge and Paul. (pgs. 139-157)
- Chapters XI - XIII (for extra reading)Barnes, Jonathan (1999). Chapter XI-XIII In The Presocratic philosophers. Routledge and Paul.
- Zeno's Paradoxes: 3. The Ten Paradoxes“Zeno's Paradoxes: 3. The Ten Paradoxes” by Bradley Dowden, The Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy, ISSN 2161-0002, https://iep.utm.edu/zeno-par/#H3
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