| Author: | Plato | ISBN: | 1230000312504 |
| Publisher: | Consumer Oriented Ebooks Publisher | Publication: | March 16, 2015 |
| Imprint: | Language: | English |
| Author: | Plato |
| ISBN: | 1230000312504 |
| Publisher: | Consumer Oriented Ebooks Publisher |
| Publication: | March 16, 2015 |
| Imprint: | |
| Language: | English |
Cratylus (/krəˈtaɪləs/; Ancient Greek: Κρατύλος, Kratylos) is the name of a dialogue by Plato. Most modern scholars agree that it was written mostly during Plato's so-called middle period. 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.
Cratylus (/krəˈtaɪləs/; Ancient Greek: Κρατύλος, Kratylos) is the name of a dialogue by Plato. Most modern scholars agree that it was written mostly during Plato's so-called middle period. 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.
