Empedocles’ Time Expressions in Contexts
Empedocles’ Time Expressions in Contexts
Author(s): Sandra ŠćepanovićSubject(s): Language studies, Ancient World, Philology
Published by: Филозофски факултет, Универзитет у Београду
Keywords: time expressions; alternation; cosmic cycle; recurrence; necessity; oath; daimonic cycle
Summary/Abstract: This article offers a close analysis of the uses of time expressions in Empedocles’ fragments. These expressions are mostly found in cosmological contexts (B17, B26, B30) and indicate regularity of macrocosmic alternation and account for its permanent recurrence. When appearing in the contexts describing wanderings of a fallen daimon (B115), time expressions (and the related concepts) point to a process that echoes the cosmic changes, but appears to be less regular and less strictly determined, for it reflects a specific kind of reality.
Journal: Lucida intervalla
- Issue Year: 2021
- Issue No: 50
- Page Range: 5-28
- Page Count: 24
- Language: English
