Timothy M. S. Baxter, "The "Cratylus": Plato's Critique of Naming" [Book Review]

Journal of the History of Philosophy 32 (4):661 (1994)
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This detailed discussion of the Cratylus aims to explain the function of the long etymological section within the dialogue as a whole, arguing that it represents a Platonic critique of common Greek ideas about names.

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10.1353/hph.1994.0090

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