The transmutation of mythos and the linguistic possibilities of logos in the poem of parmenides
Keywords:
Parmenides, mythos, logos, significant discourse, ambivalence, logicAbstract
The article investigates the relation between mythos and logos in the poem of Parmenides. The Parmenidean ways of Being and Non-Being are interpreted as structuring metaphors, so that the mythical element – the logic of ambivalence – prepares the way for the emergence of the non-mythical – the logic of non-contradiction. Starting from the idea of the transmutation of mythos, proposed by Couloubaritsis, we uphold the argument that the application of mythical language to the context of the human search for knowledge is the condition for the emergence of distinct linguistic levels, including significant discourse.
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