02727nam 2200577 450 991081082030332120200520144314.00-253-01051-9(CKB)2550000001131519(EBL)1480836(OCoLC)861082076(SSID)ssj0001002280(PQKBManifestationID)11550691(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001002280(PQKBWorkID)10996214(PQKB)11728854(MdBmJHUP)muse32227(Au-PeEL)EBL1480836(CaPaEBR)ebr10783787(CaONFJC)MIL531228(MiAaPQ)EBC1480836(EXLCZ)99255000000113151920130514h20142014 uy| 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrPlato's Cratylus the comedy of language /S. Montgomery EwegenBloomington :Indiana University Press,[2014]©20141 online resource (249 p.)Studies in Continental thoughtDescription based upon print version of record.0-253-01044-6 1-299-99977-8 Includes bibliographical references and index.Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Note on Translation; List of Textual Abbreviation; 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; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; ZPlato'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 readiStudies in Continental ThoughtLanguage and languagesPhilosophyLanguage and languagesPhilosophy.184Ewegen S. Montgomery1124873MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910810820303321Plato's Cratylus3947334UNINA