Between Eleatics and Atomists: Gorgias’ Argument against Motion
The aim of my paper is to investigate Gorgias’ argument against motion, which is found in his Peri tou meontos and preserved only in MXG 980a18. I tried to shed new light both on this specific reflection and on the reliability of Pseudo-Aristotle’s version. By exploring the so called “change argumen...
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| description | The aim of my paper is to investigate Gorgias’ argument against motion, which is found in his Peri tou meontos and preserved only in MXG 980a18. I tried to shed new light both on this specific reflection and on the reliability of Pseudo-Aristotle’s version. By exploring the so called “change argument” and the “argument from divisibility”, I focused on the particular strategy used by the Sophist in his synthetike apodeixis, which should be investigated in relation to the dispute between monistic and pluralistic ontology. In this regard, the puzzle from “divisibility everywhere” and its connection with the void as not-being can provide new elements to grasp the philosophical background in which the Sophist moves. On the one hand, Gorgias’ argument against motion is part of a broader dispute on the divisibility/indivisibility of being; on the other, his original elaboration of this puzzle seems to be perfectly understandable within the controversy between Eleatics and Atomists, and coherent with the argumentative style of the Sophist. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-8223fbc1212047d39e48020fdd68b3d62022-12-21T23:59:23ZdeuImprensa da Universidade de Coimbra; Universidade de BrasíliaArchai: Revista de Estudos sobre as Origens do Pensamento Ocidental2179-49601984-249X2021-12-013110.14195/1984-249X_31_28Between Eleatics and Atomists: Gorgias’ Argument against MotionRoberta Ioli 0Università di Bologna – Bologna – Italy / Università di Roma Tor Vergata – Roma – ItalyThe aim of my paper is to investigate Gorgias’ argument against motion, which is found in his Peri tou meontos and preserved only in MXG 980a18. I tried to shed new light both on this specific reflection and on the reliability of Pseudo-Aristotle’s version. By exploring the so called “change argument” and the “argument from divisibility”, I focused on the particular strategy used by the Sophist in his synthetike apodeixis, which should be investigated in relation to the dispute between monistic and pluralistic ontology. In this regard, the puzzle from “divisibility everywhere” and its connection with the void as not-being can provide new elements to grasp the philosophical background in which the Sophist moves. On the one hand, Gorgias’ argument against motion is part of a broader dispute on the divisibility/indivisibility of being; on the other, his original elaboration of this puzzle seems to be perfectly understandable within the controversy between Eleatics and Atomists, and coherent with the argumentative style of the Sophist.https://impactum-journals.uc.pt/archai/article/view/10924GorgiasEleatismAtomismMotionDivisibility |
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| title | Between Eleatics and Atomists: Gorgias’ Argument against Motion |
| title_full | Between Eleatics and Atomists: Gorgias’ Argument against Motion |
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| title_short | Between Eleatics and Atomists: Gorgias’ Argument against Motion |
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| topic | Gorgias Eleatism Atomism Motion Divisibility |
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