{"product_id":"parmenides-ontological-figure-being-1-9780231180948","title":"Parmenides: Ontological Figure, Being 1","description":"\u003cp\u003eAlain Badiou's 1985 seminar on Parmenides initiated his ongoing dialogue with the pre-Socratic philosopher and set out some of the foundational ideas of his own major philosophical works, including \u003ci\u003eBeing and Event\u003c\/i\u003e. The seminar provides both a new understanding of the importance of Parmenides in establishing the fundamental terms of philosophy and a vital account of the intimate relationship between philosophy and mathematics. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFor Badiou, Parmenides inaugurates the history of philosophy by linking being, thinking, and nonbeing in a \"Borromean knot\"--a linkage in which the relationship between any two terms requires the mediation of a third. Badiou traces the permutations of this connection among fundamental concepts as it was transmitted to later thinkers, including Plato, Aristotle, Descartes, Hegel, and Heidegger. He also argues that Parmenides's account of philosophy establishes a new kind of formal reasoning that, like mathematics, breaks with the Greek mythic and poetic traditions and their assumption that truth derives from sensory experience. This seminar demonstrates Badiou's unparalleled ability to recast the fundamental questions of philosophy.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Alain Badiou\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Columbia University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/20\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSeries:\u003c\/b\u003e Seminars of Alain Badiou\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.97lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.60w x 1.00d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780231180948","brand":"Columbia University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43981285392521,"sku":"9780231180948","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0636\/9240\/6921\/files\/img_f867e1f5-ee97-4424-9550-aba94370c448.jpg?v=1747120846","url":"https:\/\/sonsanddaughtersbooks.com\/products\/parmenides-ontological-figure-being-1-9780231180948","provider":"Sons and Daughters Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}