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The Poetry of Being and the Prose of the World in Early Greek Philosophy

09 June 2022, 3:00 pm–7:00 pm

A roundtable discussion with Professor Victoria Wohl, University of Toronto.

This event is free.

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Institute of Advanced Studies

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IAS Forum
Ground floor, South Wing, Wilkins Building
London
WC1E 6BT
United Kingdom
 
The Presocratic philosophers invented new ways of thinking about the natural world, human life, and the structure of reality. In doing so, they also conceived new ways of speaking about the world: new ways of using language and novel forms of expression. This book-in-progress examines these two innovations and the productive relation between them. Through close readings of the fragments of Parmenides, Heraclitus, Empedocles, Anaxagoras and Democritus, it aims to show that the poetics of these early philosophers not only conveys their thought but enables and shapes it. 

 

Registration is closed.  For further details, please contact Professor Phiroze Vasunia at p.vasunia@ucl.ac.uk.  

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