Cratylus A Dialogue
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Cratylus
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Author : Plato
language : en
Publisher: Aeterna Press
Release Date : 2015-09-01
Cratylus written by Plato and has been published by Aeterna Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-09-01 with Religion categories.
THE Cratylus has always been a source of perplexity to the student of Plato. While in fancy and humour, and perfection of style and metaphysical originality, this dialogue may be ranked with the best of the Platonic writings, there has been an uncertainty about the motive of the piece, which interpreters have hitherto not succeeded in dispelling. We need not suppose that Plato used words in order to conceal his thoughts, or that he would have been unintelligible to an educated contemporary. In the Phaedrus and Euthydemus we also find a difficulty in determining the precise aim of the author. Plato wrote satires in the form of dialogues, and his meaning, like that of other satirical writers, has often slept in the ear of posterity. Aeterna Press
Cratylus
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Author : Plato
language : en
Publisher: Hackett Publishing
Release Date : 1998-01-01
Cratylus written by Plato and has been published by Hackett Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1998-01-01 with Philosophy categories.
The Cratylus, Plato's sole dialogue devoted to the relation between language and reality, is acknowledged to be one of his masterpieces. But owing to its often enigmatic content no more than a handful of passages from it have played a part in the global evaluation of Plato's philosophy. This new English translation by C D C Reeve is the first since 1926, and incomparably the most helpful and accessible now available. It opens up the Cratylus to all philosophically interested readers, as well as to cultural historians and to those whose primary concern is the history of linguistics. The full and lucid introduction does much to illuminate the internal dynamic of this important text and to explain its place within Plato's oeuvre.
Cratylus A Dialogue
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Author : Plato
language : en
Publisher: Wildside Press LLC
Release Date : 2010-10
Cratylus A Dialogue written by Plato and has been published by Wildside Press LLC this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-10 with Drama categories.
The Cratylus has always been a source of perplexity to the student of Plato. While in fancy and humour, and perfection of style and metaphysical originality, this dialogue may be ranked with the best of the Platonic writings, there has been an uncertainty about the motive of the piece, which interpreters have hitherto not succeeded in dispelling. We need not suppose that Plato used words in order to conceal his thoughts, or that he would have been unintelligible to an educated contemporary. In the Phaedrus and Euthydemus we also find a difficulty in determining the precise aim of the author. Plato wrote satires in the form of dialogues, and his meaning, like that of other satirical writers, has often slept in the ear of posterity.
Cratylus
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Author : Платон
language : en
Publisher: Litres
Release Date : 2021-03-16
Cratylus written by Платон and has been published by Litres this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-03-16 with Fiction categories.
The Cratylus Of Plato
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Author : Francesco Ademollo
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2011-02-03
The Cratylus Of Plato written by Francesco Ademollo and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-02-03 with Philosophy categories.
The Cratylus, one of Plato's most difficult and intriguing dialogues, explores the relations between a name and the thing it names. The questions that arise lead the characters to face a number of major issues: truth and falsehood, relativism, etymology, the possibility of a perfect language, the relation between the investigation of names and that of reality, the Heraclitean flux theory and the Theory of Forms. This full-scale commentary on the Cratylus offers a definitive interpretation of the dialogue. It contains translations of the passages discussed and a line-by-line analysis which deals with textual matters and unravels Plato's dense and subtle arguments, reaching a novel interpretation of some of the dialogue's main themes as well as of many individual passages. The book is intended primarily for graduate students and scholars, in both philosophy and classics, but presupposes no previous acquaintance with the subject and is accessible to undergraduates.
Cratylus
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Author : Plato Πλάτων
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2020-11-08
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Dialogue by Plato. English and Greek Texts.
Plato S Cratylus
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Author : David Sedley
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2003-11-06
Plato S Cratylus written by David Sedley and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003-11-06 with Philosophy categories.
Plato's Cratylus is a brilliant but enigmatic dialogue. It bears on a topic, the relation of language to knowledge, which has never ceased to be of central philosophical importance, but tackles it in ways which at times look alien to us. In this reappraisal of the dialogue, Professor Sedley argues that the etymologies which take up well over half of it are not an embarrassing lapse or semi-private joke on Plato's part. On the contrary, if taken seriously as they should be, they are the key to understanding both the dialogue itself and Plato's linguistic philosophy more broadly. The book's main argument is so formulated as to be intelligible to readers with no knowledge of Greek, and will have a significant impact both on the study of Plato and on the history of linguistic thought.
Cratylus
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Author : Plato
language : en
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
Release Date : 2022-11-20
Cratylus written by Plato and has been published by BoD – Books on Demand this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-11-20 with Fiction categories.
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2020-06-22
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PERSONS OF THE DIALOGUE: Socrates, Hermogenes, Cratylus.HERMOGENES: Suppose that we make Socrates a party to the argument?CRATYLUS: If you please.HERMOGENES: I should explain to you, Socrates, that our friend Cratylus has beenarguing about names; he says that they are natural and not conventional; not a portion ofthe human voice which men agree to use; but that there is a truth or correctness in them, which is the same for Hellenes as for barbarians. Whereupon I ask him, whether his ownname of Cratylus is a true name or not, and he answers 'Yes.' And Socrates? 'Yes.' Thenevery man's name, as I tell him, is that which he is called. To this he replies-'If all theworld were to call you Hermogenes, that would not be your name.' And when I am anxiousto have a further explanation he is ironical and mysterious, and seems to imply that he hasa notion of his own about the matter, if he would only tell, and could entirely convince me, if he chose to be intelligible. Tell me, Socrates, what this oracle means; or rather tell me, ifyou will be so good, what is your own view of the truth or correctness of names, which Iwould far sooner hear.SOCRATES: Son of Hipponicus, there is an ancient saying, that 'hard is the knowledge ofthe good.' And the knowledge of names is a great part of knowledge. If I had not been poor, I might have heard the fifty-drachma course of the great Prodicus, which is a completeeducation in grammar and language-these are his own words-and then I should havebeen at once able to answer your question about the correctness of names. But, indeed, Ihave only heard the single-drachma course, and therefore, I do not know the truth aboutsuch matters; I will, however, gladly assist you and Cratylus in the investigation of them.When he declares that your name is not really Hermogenes, I suspect that he is only makingfun of you;-he means to say that you are no true son of Hermes, because you are alwayslooking after a fortune and never in luck. But, as I was saying, there is a good deal ofdifficulty in this sort of knowledge, and therefore we had better leave the question openuntil we have heard both sid
Plato S Cratylus
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Author : S. Montgomery Ewegen
language : en
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Release Date : 2013-11-14
Plato S Cratylus written by S. Montgomery Ewegen and has been published by Indiana University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-11-14 with Philosophy categories.
Plato's dialogue Cratylus focuses on being and human dependence on words, or the essential truths about the human condition. Arguing that comedy is an essential part of Plato's concept of language, S. Montgomery Ewegen asserts that understanding the comedic is key to an understanding of Plato's deeper philosophical intentions. Ewegen shows how Plato's view of language is bound to comedy through words and how, for Plato, philosophy has much in common with playfulness and the ridiculous. By tying words, language, and our often uneasy relationship with them to comedy, Ewegen frames a new reading of this notable Platonic dialogue.