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BL
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989652
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b744022
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Riley, Michael W.
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| Title & Author
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Plato's Cratylus : : argument, form, and structure /\ Michael W. Riley.
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| Publication Statement
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Amsterdam ;New York :: Rodopi,, 2005.
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| Series Statement
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Value inquiry book series ;; v. 168
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1 online resource (xii, 151 pages).
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| ISBN
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1423791894
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: 9781423791898
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9042018755
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9789042018754
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 139-141) and index.
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| Contents
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List of Figures; Foreword; Preface; List of Abbreviations; Introduction; ONE: The Argument in the Cratylus in the Form of a Geometric Demonstration; TWO: Enunciation: Knowledge of Names, like Knowledge of Beautiful Things in General, is Difficult 383a-384c; THREE: I. Construction: Eikasia, Likeness-Making: The Appearance of Reasoning 384c-393b; FOUR: II. Demonstration: Pistis, Belief: Heraclitean Dogmas, Socratic Demands 393b-408d; FIVE: III. Demonstration: Dianoia, Systematic Reasoning: An Axiomatic Heraclitean Logos: A Phenomenal Philosophical Dictionary 408d-421c
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SIX: IV. Demonstration: Noesis, Knowing: Knowledge as Identical with Perception 421d-436bSEVEN: Reduction, Recapitulation: 436c-440c; Notes; Bibliography; Appendix; About the Author; Index
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| Abstract
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This book explains how the Cratylus, Plato's apparently meandering and comical dialogue on the correctness of names, makes serious philosophical progress by its notorious etymological digressions. While still a wild ride through a Heraclitean flood of etymologies which threatens to swamp language altogether, the Cratylus emerges as an astonishingly organized evaluation of the power of words.
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Plato., Cratylus.
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Language and languages-- Philosophy.
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Language and languages-- Philosophy.
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PHILOSOPHY-- History Surveys-- Ancient Classical.
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Cratylus (Plato)
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Cratylus (Plato)
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| Dewey Classification
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184
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B367.R55 2005eb
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