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Autore |
Riley Michael W |
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Titolo |
Plato's Cratylus : argument, form, and structure / / Michael W. Riley |
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Amsterdam ; ; New York, : Rodopi, c2005 |
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ISBN |
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94-012-0238-9 |
1-4237-9189-4 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (183 p.) |
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Collana |
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Value inquiry book series ; ; v. 168 |
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Soggetti |
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Language and languages - Philosophy |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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List of Figures -- Foreword -- Preface -- List of Abbreviations -- Introduction -- ONE The Argument in the Cratylus in the Form of a Geometric Demonstration -- TWO Enunciation: Knowledge of Names, like Knowledge of Beautiful Things in General, is Difficult 383a-384c -- THREE I. Construction: Eikasia, Likeness-Making: The Appearance of Reasoning 384c-393b -- FOUR II. Demonstration: Pistis, Belief: Heraclitean Dogmas, Socratic Demands 393b-408d -- FIVE III Demonstration: Dianoia, Systematic Reasoning: An Axiomatic Heraclitean Logos: A Phenomenal Philosophical Dictionary 408d-421c -- SIX IV. Demonstration: Noesis, Knowing: Knowledge as Identical with Perception 421d-436b -- SEVEN Reduction, Recapitulation: 436c-440c -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Appendix -- About the Author -- Index. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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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. |
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