{"product_id":"in-the-dark-places-of-wisdom-by-peter-kingsley","title":"In the dark places of wisdom by Peter Kingsley","description":"\u003ch2\u003eIn the dark places of wisdom by Peter Kingsley\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA century of studies on Parmenides has established that his is the single most important text of pre-Platonic philosophy in ancient Greece; but it also seems nearly to have exhausted the possibilities of interpretation. Yet Peter Kingsley embarks on a surprisingly new and original approach to the man. Starting from the outside - with the history of Greek colonization and with the city of Velia, Parmenides home in southern Italy - he begins to encircle a fascinating centre.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe famous introduction to Parmenides \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003epoem is brought into direct contact \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ewith a series of archacological discoveries made at Velia: discoveries that include evidence for a succession of pholarchoi or \"leaders of the den\" in the retinue of Parmenides and for a \"seer-doctor\" or iatromantis associated with the god Apollo. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis leads into an ambiance of ecstasy, shamanism, journeys to the underworld, magic, medicine, and Pythagoreanism.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe book includes a wealth of suggestions and observations hardly ever noticed before regarding details such as the biographical intormation about how a certain Ameinias led Parmenides to \"quiet\" or \"silence\", evidently in a \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003emystical sense. In this way the philosophical and mystical roots of Western civilization start to appear in a new light.\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eProfessor Walter Burkert, University of Zürich\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDetails\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePaperback\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCondition: Very good, the spine is bleached, tiny wear and tear on the top of the spine\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eISBN: \u003cstrong\u003e9780715631195\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePublishing House: Duckworth London\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Eureka Editions ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57766283477340,"sku":null,"price":27.5,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0796\/6333\/3724\/files\/90449039-418D-4BAD-A1E1-FFA2E7B11BD4.jpg?v=1780145920","url":"https:\/\/www.eurekaedition.com\/products\/in-the-dark-places-of-wisdom-by-peter-kingsley","provider":"Eureka Editions ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}