Plato's Cratylus : Argument, Form, and Structure /

: 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.
: 1 online resource. : Includes bibliographical references and index. : 9789401202381
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