Plato's Cratylus :: argument, form, and structure /

This book explains how the Cratylus, Plato's apparently meandering and comical dialogue on the correctness of names, makes serious philosophical progress by its notorious etymological digressions. While still a wild ride through a Heraclitean flood of etymologies which threatens to swamp langua...

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1. Verfasser: Riley, Michael W.
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Amsterdam ; New York : Rodopi, 2005.
Schriftenreihe:Value inquiry book series ; v. 168.
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Zusammenfassung:This book explains how the Cratylus, Plato's apparently meandering and comical dialogue on the correctness of names, makes serious philosophical progress by its notorious etymological digressions. While still a wild ride through a Heraclitean flood of etymologies which threatens to swamp language altogether, the Cratylus emerges as an astonishingly organized evaluation of the power of words.
Beschreibung:1 online resource (xii, 151 pages.)
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references (pages 139-141) and index.
ISBN:1423791894
9781423791898