Parmenides, Plato and Mortal Philosophy

Vishwa Adluri is Adjunct Assistant Professor in Religion and Philosophy at Hunter College, City University of New York, USA, where he specializes in Ancient Philosophy, 20th Century Continental Philosophy, and Indian Philosophy.

• Foreword; Introduction: Parmenides and Renewing the Beginning; Part I: Beginnings - Arkhai; 1. Radical Individuality: Time, Mortal Soul and Journey; 2. Parmenides and his Importance as a Beginner; Part II: Parmenides; 3. The Mortal Journey: Thumos (The Mortal Soul) and Its Limits; 4. In the Realm of the Goddess: Logos and its Limits; 5. At Home in the Kosmos: The Return; Part III: Plato the Pre-Socratic; 6. Reading Plato's Phaedrus: Socrates the Mortal; Part IV: Forewording; 7. Conclusion - Returning to Parmenides; Part V: Translation of Parmenides' Peri Phuseos with Textual Notes; Bibliography; Index.

This brilliant and profound study is a compelling reinterpretation of Parmenides. But it is much more than this. It invites a re-reading not only of the western philosophical tradition inaugurated by Parmenides and Plato but also of ourselves as mortals dreaming of immortality. Adluri's deeply personal and inspired interpretation of philosophy's beginning points the way to its future.