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Language and Learning: Philosophy of Language in the Hellenistic Age (Volume 0) - Softcover

 
9780521071253: Language and Learning: Philosophy of Language in the Hellenistic Age (Volume 0)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0521071259 ISBN 13: 9780521071253
Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2008

Synopsis

Hellenistic philosophers and scholars laid the foundations upon which Western tradition developed analytical grammar, linguistics, philosophy of language and other disciplines. Building on the pioneering work of Plato, Aristotle and earlier thinkers, they developed a wide range of theories about the nature and origin of language. Ten essays explore the ancient theories, their philosophical adequacy, and their impact on later thinkers from Augustine through the Middle Ages.

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About the Authors

Dorothea Frede is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Hamburg. She has written numerous articles on Greek philosophy and her previous publications include Philebos (Hackett, 1992) and (with André Laks) Traditions of Theology, Studies in Hellenistic Theology (Leiden 2002).

Brad Inwood is Canada Research Chair in Ancient Philosophy at the University of Toronto. His recent publications include The Poem of Empedocles (Second edition, University of Toronto Press, 2001) and The Cambridge Companion to the Stoics (Cambridge University Press, 2003).

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Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Publication date
2008
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0521071259
ISBN 13 
9780521071253
Binding
Paperback
Edition number
1
Number of pages
368
Editor
Frede Dorothea, Inwood Brad