Plato's Cratylus : the comedy of language / S. Montgomery Ewegen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ewegen, S. Montgomery.

Series:

Studies in Continental Thought

Studies in Continental thought

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Language and languages--Philosophy.

Language and languages.

Plato. Cratylus.

Plato.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (249 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Bloomington : Indiana University Press, [2014]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Plato's dialogue Cratylus focuses on being and human dependence on words, or the essential truths about the human condition. Arguing that comedy is an essential part of Plato's concept of language, S. Montgomery Ewegen asserts that understanding the comedic is key to an understanding of Plato's deeper philosophical intentions. Ewegen shows how Plato's view of language is bound to comedy through words and how, for Plato, philosophy has much in common with playfulness and the ridiculous. By tying words, language, and our often uneasy relationship with them to comedy, Ewegen frames a new readi

Contents:

Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Note on Translation; List of Textual Abbreviation; Introduction; 1 First Words; 2 Marking the Limits; 3 A Question of Inheritance; 4 The Nature of Nature; 5 Technological Language; 6 A Homeric Inheritance; 7 What Words Will; 8 The Tragedy of Cratylus; Conclusion: The Comedy of the Cratylus; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Z

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780253010513

0253010519

OCLC:

861082076