Plato''s Cratylus - The Comedy of Language

Informationen zum Autor S. Montgomery Ewegen Klappentext S. Montgomery Ewegen is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Trinity College. "This is so convincing a reading of Plato's Cratylus that it may well open up discussion of the dialogue and make it much more widely studied than it is presently." - Drew A. Hyland, Trinity College "This book will be a standard source for philosophers working on Plato's Cratylus - and, beyond that, it will be essential reading for everyone working on understanding the nature of logos in Plato's thinking." - Robert Metcalf, University of Colorado, Denver Zusammenfassung 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. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgments Introduction 1. First Words 2. Marking the Limits 3. A Question of Inheritance 4. The Nature of Nature 5. Technological Language 6. A Homeric Inheritance 7. What Words Will 8. The Tragedy of Cratylus Conclusion: The Comedy of the Cratylus Notes Bibliography Index

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• Authors: S Montgomery Ewegen, S. Montgomery Ewegen, Shane Ewegen, Shane Montgomery Ewegen, Shane. Montgomery Ewegen, Ewegen Shane Montgomery
• Publisher: Indiana University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 14.11.2013
• EAN: 9780253010445
• ISBN: 978-0-253-01044-5
• No. of pages: 256
• Series: Studies in Continental Thought; Studies in Continental Thought
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: antiquity to present day; Altes Griechenland