David Sedley (University of Cambridge)

Plato's Cratylus

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book presents a global reinterpretation of Cratylus, Plato's only dialogue devoted to the subject of language. It is designed to be accessible to anyone interested either in Plato or in the history of linguistic thought. The main text does not presuppose prior expertise in Plato or knowledge of Greek.

Produktdetails

• Cambridge Studies in the Dialogues of Plato
• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 204
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. Juni 2007
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 434g
• ISBN-13: 9780521584920
• ISBN-10: 0521584922
• Artikelnr.: 21307231

Autorenporträt

David Sedley is Laurence Professor of Ancient Philosophy in the University of Cambridge. He is the author, with A. A. Long, of The Hellenistic Philosophers (1987; Vol. 1: HB 0521 255619; PB 0521 275563; Vol. 2 SBN: HB 0521 255627; PB 0521 275571), author of Lucretius and the Transformation of Greek Wisdom (1998: 0521 570328) and editor of The Cambridge Companion to Greek and Roman Philosophy (2003; HB 0521 772850; PB 0521 775035).

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
1. Author and text
2. Plato the etymologist
3. Linguistic science
4. Etymology at work
5. The dominance of flux
6. The limits of etymology
7. A Platonic outcome
References
Index locorum
General index.