Michael W Riley

Broschiertes Buch

Plato's Cratylus

Argument, Form, and Structure

Beschreibung

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.

Autor

Michael Riley is Professor of Classics and Tutor, formerly Director, of the Integral Liberal Arts Program at Saint Mary's College in Moraga, California. He has lectured on Homer, Hesiod, and Plato. His other interests include Herman Melville and Mark Twain.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Brill
• Seitenzahl: 168
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Januar 2005
• Englisch
• Gewicht: 327g
• ISBN-13: 9789042018754
• ISBN-10: 9042018755
• Artikelnr.: 26676579