Cratylus

The imaginative element is still in full vigour; the Socrates of the Cratylus is the Socrates of the Apology and Symposium, not yet

Cratylus 427? BC-347? BC Plato 1855

Plato, "Cratylus," 402 A. [853] Sons of Dionysius.

Plutarch's Morals 46-120? Plutarch

[18] Cf. Plato, "Cratylus," p. 257, E. [Greek: ô pai

Plutarch's Morals 46-120? Plutarch

In the dialogue, Socrates is asked by two men, Cratylus and Hermogenes, to tell them whether names are "conventional" or "natural", that is, whether language is a system of arbitrary signs or whether words have an intrinsic relation to the things they signify.

Capsule Summaries of the Great Books of the Western World Jonathan Aquino 2009

In doing this, Cratylus became one of the earliest philosophical texts of the Classical Greek period to deal with matters of etymology and linguistics.

Capsule Summaries of the Great Books of the Western World Jonathan Aquino 2009

In the dialogue, Socrates is asked by two men, Cratylus and Hermogenes, to tell them whether names are "conventional" or "natural", that is, whether language is a system of arbitrary signs or whether words have an intrinsic relation to the things they signify.

Archive 2009-03-01 Jonathan Aquino 2009

In doing this, Cratylus became one of the earliest philosophical texts of the Classical Greek period to deal with matters of etymology and linguistics.

Archive 2009-03-01 Jonathan Aquino 2009

"One thing in the wine dark sea that's idiot is that people fail their existence exam without lord Cratylus doing an introdiction murder of their Dr. Zog Kadare like faces."

The Sea at Sea (or Why is There a Question Instead of Not a Question) 2010

The ancient Cratylus might have envisaged a natural connection between words and things, but from our travels we moderns know that people use wildly different words to denote the same item, and when our rental car breaks down while on vacation, things go much more smoothly if we know the translation for carburetor.

BREAKFAST WITH SOCRATES ROBERT ROWLAND SMITH 2010

It may not be hard to reject Cratylus, or even accept Wittgenstein, but the consequences of doing so are more startling than you might think.

BREAKFAST WITH SOCRATES ROBERT ROWLAND SMITH 2010