Philosophy and the Language of the People: The Claims of Common Speech from Petrarch to Locke

by Lodi Nauta

Which language should philosophers use: technical or common language? In a book as important for intellectual historians as it is for philosophers, Lodi Nauta addresses a vital question which still has resonance today: is the discipline of philosophy assisted or disadvantaged by employing a special vocabulary? By the Middle Ages philosophy had become a highly technical discipline, with its own lexicon and methods. The Renaissance humanist critique...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1108845967
• ISBN13: 9781108845960
• Release Date: September 2021
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 281 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 7.7" x 9.2"