From the Foreword by Luc Brisson
On reading this book, I was struck by Dr. Adluri’s insight into the nature of Parmenides’ poem as a whole, and his arguments for the relevance of ancient thought to contemporary philosophy, and I was touched by the relationship established between this research in the history of philosophy and contemporary philosophical problems…. All this results in a book that is clear and engaging, for philosophical reflection anchored within the history of Greek philosophy remains linked to a personal approach, consisting in a twofold reaction with regard to love and death. Dr. Adluri thus escapes two pitfalls: that of pure erudition, and that of intellectual biography. The erudite reading of ancient texts is constantly oriented by a contemporary philosophical questioning. This is what makes this book so engaging.

Editorial Reviews
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. Raymond Tallis

Stands out for the radicality of its argument, the subtlety of its interdisciplinary interpretations, and the forthright passion that motivates it. His interpretive skill is on display not only in the body of the book, but also in the appendix which presents a new translation of Peri Phuseos with helpful notes. Adluri’s work deserves a place on the reading list of every student of pre-Socratic thought. Richard Polt, Xavier University, Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews

In this highly original study of Parmenides’ poem and Plato’s response in the Phaedrus, Vishwa Adluri identifies the leading problem for both thinkers as “how do we speak/write about the finite, fragile, irreplaceable, incarnate fate of specific mortals, when language is, in some sense, outside of time? . . . It is for those who want to think in a new way about familiar works. Students of Parmenides, Plato, and indeed, of other philosophers who write narrative, will not look at these thinkers the same again after this provocative reading. David J. Murphy, The Nightingale-Bamford School, The Classical Journal

Adluri has staked out a distinctive position on Parmenides’ poem, and it is to be hoped that future writers on the subject will take it into account. More devoutly to be wished is that others who write on ancient philosophy will make the effort Adluri has to discover a voice in which to address issues of living philosophical concern through the careful reading of ancient thought. Edward P. Butler, The Classical Review

As a classicist, I found the book to be an interesting journey into reaches of Parmenides that I would not otherwise have had the opportunity to traverse… [It is]… beautifully written and rich with allusions to classical texts and readers of these texts. Sarah Abel-Rappe, Bryn Mawr Classical Review

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Editorial Reviews
The editors’ important introduction pushes the ante on Hiltebeitel’s break from a Eurocentric classical Indology and Indo-European comparative mythology to a more balanced Indocentric view, due to his mid-career engagement with the South Indian Draupadī cult and his commitment to thinking through the insights of the late Madeleine Biardeau, to whom these two volumes are dedicated. Future scholarship will better judge the extent to which Hiltebeitel has actually forged new methodological ground, but Adluri’s and Bagchee’s assertions must be taken seriously. Frederick M. Smith, Religious Studies Review

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As the editors point out, Hiltebeitel’s fieldwork in the 1980s forced him to rethink the presumptive invulnerability of the European philological tradition. Hiltebeitel sees the Mahābhārata as a work carefully designed from the outset, a view that has colored much of his writing and theorizing. His sophisticated and accomplished work linking epic text, history, performance, mythology, and well-constructed argument is essential for anyone with an interest in the Indian epics. Frederick M. Smith, Religious Studies Review

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About the Author
Arbogast Schmitt is Honorary Professor of Greek and Latin Philology at the Free University, Berlin, and Emeritus Professor of Classical Philology and Greek at the University of Marburg.

Praise for the German edition
With this book, Arbogast Schmitt renews a grand German academic tradition and establishes himself as one of the foremost international Plato and Aristotle specialists of his generation. . . . By showing how the “modern” appropriation of the Platonic and Aristotelian legacy has been misread as an entitlement of “modernity,” Schmitt opens the intellectual possibility for a systematically serious return to the powers of ancient philosophy. Hans Ulrich Gumbrecht, Albert Guérard Professor in Literature, Stanford University

This is a thoroughly astonishing book. A single classical scholar confronts the Herculean task of taking up anew, in an original way and contrary to the dominant view, the epochal battle over the legitimacy of modernity. Gnomon

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Contributors
Miguel Herrero de Jáuregui, Universidad Complutense de Madrid
Arbogast Schmitt, Freie-Universität, Berlin
Walter Burkert, University of Zurich
Alberto Bernabé, Universidad Complutense de Madrid
Barbara Sattler, Yale University
Stephen Menn, McGill University and Humboldt-Universität, Berlin
John Lenz, Drew University
Svetla Slaveva-Griffin, Florida State University
John Bussanich, University of New Mexico
Luc Brisson, National Center for Scientific Research, Paris
John Finamore, University of Iowa

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