<i>Parmenides</i>: The Divine Comedy of "the One"

ZHANG Yuan

doi:10.19857/j.cnki.ICL.20214202

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ZHANG Yuan. Parmenides: The Divine Comedy of 'the One'[J]. International Comparative Literature, 2021, 4(2): 243-280. doi: 10.19857/j.cnki.ICL.20214202

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ZHANG Yuan. Parmenides: The Divine Comedy of "the One"[J]. International Comparative Literature, 2021, 4(2): 243-280. doi: 10.19857/j.cnki.ICL.20214202

ZHANG Yuan. Parmenides: The Divine Comedy of 'the One'[J]. International Comparative Literature, 2021, 4(2): 243-280. doi: 10.19857/j.cnki.ICL.20214202

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ZHANG Yuan. Parmenides: The Divine Comedy of "the One"[J]. International Comparative Literature, 2021, 4(2): 243-280. doi: 10.19857/j.cnki.ICL.20214202

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Parmenides: The Divine Comedy of "the One"

doi: 10.19857/j.cnki.ICL.20214202

ZHANG Yuan^,

Beijing Normal University

Received Date: 2021-01-03
Rev Recd Date: 2021-03-03

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Abstract

In Parmenides,one of the most obscure Eleatic dialogues,Plato conveys profound philosophical ideas and his entire theology as well.Composed in the strict form of Attic Comedy,it is the Divine Comedy of Plato,as it were,and at the same time probes into the most serious question concerning human beings,viz.how the opinions of mortals may afflux into the One,or the Divinity,through philosophy.The hypotheses and deductions on the One made by Parmenides,the founder of the Eleatic School,in the namesake dialogue are not only(as Parmenides says)the παιδíα of philosophers,but also the exodus of the whole work.The dramatic tension of the dialogue lies in the fact that Parmenides brings his monism to Athens when the democratic Athenian Empire,with its strong proclivity towards pluralism,had just reached its peak.This paves the way for future internal struggles of the Empire and sheds influence on,logically speaking,all the other Platonic dialogues.Just as the central topic of Parmenides is the One,Parmenides itself is the One of all Platonic dialogues-the One is the beginning,the One is the end,it is in itself,and it is in everything.
- Parmenides,
- the One,
- Platonic dialogues,
- Athenian Empire,
- Divine Comedy

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