Abstract

In 2017 one of the most singular monographs on Parmenides was published, the one by Livio Rossetti, which from the title presented itself as a decidedly alternative point of view compared to the perspectives proposed up to then: "Un altro Parmenide". Who have read that book, even those who have found themselves at the antipodes of the author's interpretation, may have realized that one cannot "disengage" so easily from the arguments presented there. In reading that book I wondered what impact these arguments would have in the field of Parmenidean studies and what fruitful developments could have fostered a dialogue between Rossetti and other scholars of his caliber around the exegetical proposal that Rossetti's arguments conveyed. The occasion for this confrontation occurred that same year, during the tenth edition of "Eleatica", held in Ascea from 28 to 30 September 2017, in which Livio Rossetti held a cycle of Master's Lectures entitled "La filosofia virtuale degli Eleati", during which he also presented his interpretative proposals around the thought of Zeno and Melisso. These Lectures and the debate that followed, involving scholars of the calibre of Cordero, Mansfeld and Mourelatos, but not only them, are publisched in the book I discuss in my review.