Plato's Cratylus

Plato's Cratylus: the comedy of language

by Ewegen, S. Montgomery

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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…

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

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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 reading of this notable Platonic dialogue.

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Edition Statements

  • Publication Date:2014

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The Physical Object

  • Description:xvii, 227 pages ; : 24 cm.

Edition Identifiers

  • ISBN:9780253010445, 0253010446
  • oclc:ocn816563398
  • LC Classification:B367
  • Dewey Decimal:184

Subjects

Cratylus (Plato) Komik Langage et langues -- Philosophie Language and languages -- Philosophy Plato Platon Sprachphilosophie Språkfilosofi

Writers

Ewegen, S. Montgomery

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