Plato's Cratylus : the comedy of language / / S. Montgomery Ewegen

• Autore: Ewegen S. Montgomery
• Pubblicazione: Bloomington : , : Indiana University Press, , [2014]; ©2014
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (249 p.)
• Disciplina: 184
• Soggetto topico: Language and languages - Philosophy
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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; Z
• Sommario/riassunto: Plato'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 readi
• Titolo autorizzato: Plato's Cratylus
• ISBN: 0-253-01051-9
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910810820303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Studies in Continental Thought