Encomiun Gorgiae or Gorgiae versus Parmenides

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Autor(a) principal: Simpson, Peter P.
Data de Publicação: 2011
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: por
Título da fonte: Hypnos
Texto Completo: https://hypnos.org.br/index.php/hypnos/article/view/221
Resumo: Gorgias’ treatise on nothing (from the remains we have of it in Aristotle and Sextus Empiricus) is divided into the successive proof of three different theses: 1) that nothing is or exists; 2) that even if there is something it cannot be known; 3) that even if it can be known it cannot be communicated to another. There theses are as opposed to Parmenides as any theses could be. Gorgias’ treatise is a tour de force of anti-Parmenidean polemic. Its dialectic is also a tour de force of reducing something to absurdity, because the premises Gorgias uses to overthrow Parmenides are taken from Parmenides or the Parmenidean school. Moreover, and for the same reason, Gorgias’ arguments cannot be defeated without giving up Parmenides’ thesis that being is one. That being is not one is the very condition of sane metaphysics. For this reason, if for no other, Gorgias and not Parmenides deserves to be remembered as the first metaphysician.
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spelling Encomiun Gorgiae or Gorgiae versus ParmenidesEncomium Gorgiae ou Górgias versus ParmênidesGorgiasParmenidesBeingMetaphysicGórgiasParmênidesSerMetafísicaGorgias’ treatise on nothing (from the remains we have of it in Aristotle and Sextus Empiricus) is divided into the successive proof of three different theses: 1) that nothing is or exists; 2) that even if there is something it cannot be known; 3) that even if it can be known it cannot be communicated to another. There theses are as opposed to Parmenides as any theses could be. Gorgias’ treatise is a tour de force of anti-Parmenidean polemic. Its dialectic is also a tour de force of reducing something to absurdity, because the premises Gorgias uses to overthrow Parmenides are taken from Parmenides or the Parmenidean school. Moreover, and for the same reason, Gorgias’ arguments cannot be defeated without giving up Parmenides’ thesis that being is one. That being is not one is the very condition of sane metaphysics. For this reason, if for no other, Gorgias and not Parmenides deserves to be remembered as the first metaphysician. O tratado de Górgias sobre o nada (partindo dos fragmentos que temos dele em Aristóteles e Sexto Empírico) é dividido por meio da prova de três teses diferentes: 1) que o nada é ou existe; 2) que mesmo que haja algo, não pode ser conhecido; 3) que mesmo que pudesse ser conhecido, não poderia ser comunicado a outrem. Estas teses são tão opostas a Parmênides quanto qualquer tese poderia sê-lo. O tratado de Górgias é uma proeza da polêmica antiparmenidiana. Sua dialética também é uma façanha ao reduzir algo ao absurdo, porque as premissas de que Górgias se utiliza para derrubar Parmênides são tomadas do próprio Parmênides ou da escola parmenidiana. Ademais, e pela mesma razão, os argumentos de Górgias não podem ser derrubados sem abrir mão da tese de Parmênides, de que o ser é uno. Que o ser não é uno é a própria condição de uma metafísica sadia. Por esta razão, que não por outra qualquer, Górgias, e não Parmênides, merece ser lembrado como o primeiro metafísico. Revista HypnosHypnos Journal2011-08-10info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionapplication/pdfhttps://hypnos.org.br/index.php/hypnos/article/view/221Revista Hypnos; n. 26 (2011): Primeiros sábios, primeiros filósofosHypnos Journal; No. 26 (2011): Primeiros sábios, primeiros filósofos2177-53461413-9138reponame:Hypnosinstname:Faculdade de São Bento (FSB)instacron:FSBporhttps://hypnos.org.br/index.php/hypnos/article/view/221/222Copyright (c) 2011 Peter P. Simpsoninfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessSimpson, Peter P.2015-09-06T01:58:41Zoai:ojs.hypnos.org.br:article/221Revistahttps://hypnos.org.br/index.php/hypnosPRIhttps://hypnos.org.br/index.php/hypnos/oairachelgazolla@gmail.com2177-53461413-9138opendoar:2023-01-13T09:46:54.673285Hypnos - Faculdade de São Bento (FSB)false
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Encomiun Gorgiae or Gorgiae versus Parmenides
Encomium Gorgiae ou Górgias versus Parmênides
title Encomiun Gorgiae or Gorgiae versus Parmenides
spellingShingle Encomiun Gorgiae or Gorgiae versus Parmenides
Simpson, Peter P.
Gorgias
Parmenides
Being
Metaphysic
Górgias
Parmênides
Ser
Metafísica
title_short Encomiun Gorgiae or Gorgiae versus Parmenides
title_full Encomiun Gorgiae or Gorgiae versus Parmenides
title_fullStr Encomiun Gorgiae or Gorgiae versus Parmenides
title_full_unstemmed Encomiun Gorgiae or Gorgiae versus Parmenides
title_sort Encomiun Gorgiae or Gorgiae versus Parmenides
author Simpson, Peter P.
author_facet Simpson, Peter P.
author_role author
dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Simpson, Peter P.
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Gorgias
Parmenides
Being
Metaphysic
Górgias
Parmênides
Ser
Metafísica
topic Gorgias
Parmenides
Being
Metaphysic
Górgias
Parmênides
Ser
Metafísica
description Gorgias’ treatise on nothing (from the remains we have of it in Aristotle and Sextus Empiricus) is divided into the successive proof of three different theses: 1) that nothing is or exists; 2) that even if there is something it cannot be known; 3) that even if it can be known it cannot be communicated to another. There theses are as opposed to Parmenides as any theses could be. Gorgias’ treatise is a tour de force of anti-Parmenidean polemic. Its dialectic is also a tour de force of reducing something to absurdity, because the premises Gorgias uses to overthrow Parmenides are taken from Parmenides or the Parmenidean school. Moreover, and for the same reason, Gorgias’ arguments cannot be defeated without giving up Parmenides’ thesis that being is one. That being is not one is the very condition of sane metaphysics. For this reason, if for no other, Gorgias and not Parmenides deserves to be remembered as the first metaphysician.
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