| Plato's Cratylus Contributor(s): Sedley, David (Author) |
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ISBN: 0521034027 ISBN-13: 9780521034029 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $56.99 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 2007 Annotation: This book presents a global reintrepretation of the Cratylus, which bears on the relationship of language to knowledge, a topic that has never ceased to be of central philosophical importance. It is designed to be accessible to anyone interested either in Plato or in the history of linguistic thought. The main text does not presuppose prior expertise in Plato or knowledge of Greek; such scholarly aspects are confined to the footnotes. |
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| BISAC Categories: - Philosophy | Criticism - Philosophy | History & Surveys - Ancient & Classical |
| Dewey: 184 |
| Series: Cambridge Studies in the Dialogues of Plato |
| Physical Information: 0.5" H x 7.2" W x 8.96" (0.50 lbs) 204 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Greece - Chronological Period - Ancient (To 499 A.D.) |
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Contributor Bio(s): Sedley, David: - 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 Companion to Greek and Roman Philosophy (2003; HB 0521 772850; PB 0521 775035). |