Language and Learning: Philosophy of Language in the Hellenistic Age

Author/Contributor(s):	Frede, Dorothea
Publisher:	Cambridge University Press
Date:	08/28/2008
Binding:	Paperback
Condition:	NEW

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.