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Plato´s Cratylus
David N. Sedley
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Description for Plato´s Cratylus
hardcover. Presents a global reinterpretation of Cratylus, Plato's only dialogue devoted to the subject of language. Series: Cambridge Studies in the Dialogues of Plato. Num Pages: 204 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: CF; HPCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 475. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear. DJ has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good
Plato's Cratylus is a brilliant but enigmatic dialogue. It bears on a topic, the relation of language to knowledge, which has never ceased to be of central philosophical importance, but tackles it in ways which at times look alien to us. In this reappraisal of the dialogue, Professor Sedley argues that the etymologies which take up well over half of it are not an embarrassing lapse or semi-private joke on Plato's part. On the contrary, if taken seriously as they should be, they are the key to understanding both the dialogue itself and Plato's linguistic philosophy more broadly. The book's ... Read more
Plato's Cratylus is a brilliant but enigmatic dialogue. It bears on a topic, the relation of language to knowledge, which has never ceased to be of central philosophical importance, but tackles it in ways which at times look alien to us. In this reappraisal of the dialogue, Professor Sedley argues that the etymologies which take up well over half of it are not an embarrassing lapse or semi-private joke on Plato's part. On the contrary, if taken seriously as they should be, they are the key to understanding both the dialogue itself and Plato's linguistic philosophy more broadly. The book's ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Condition
Used, Very Good
Series
Cambridge Studies in the Dialogues of Plato
Number of Pages
204
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780521584920
SKU
KSG0034062
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About David N. Sedley
David Sedley is Laurence Professor of Ancient Philosophy in the University of Cambridge. He is the author, with A. A. Long, of The Hellenistic Philosophers (1987; Vol. 1: HB 0521 255619; PB 0521 275563; Vol. 2 SBN: HB 0521 255627; PB 0521 275571), author of Lucretius and the Transformation of Greek Wisdom (1998: 0521 570328) and editor of The Cambridge ... Read more
Reviews for Plato´s Cratylus
'… an extraordinarily rich book, providing both a main thesis and a number of intelligent readings of single passages … Sedley's book has struck me as an intensely humane and - if I may say so - Platonic piece of writing. His prose is admirably terse and vivid, the very answers he gives to the problems posed by the Cratylus ... Read more