Plato's Cratylus

by David N. Sedley

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521584922
• ISBN13: 9780521584920
• Release Date: November 2003
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 204 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.3" x 9.3"