Gorgias and the Cratylus

Mariapaola Bergomi

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DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004473027_009

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The following paper argues that Gorgias, and his anti-eleatic treatise Peri tou me ontos (PTMO), must be included among the critical points of reference of Platoâs Cratylus and, although Plato (as well as Aristotle) never mentions the treatise explicitly, that Gorgiasâ linguistic conventionalism significantly influenced especially the third section of the dialogue and the arguments against Cratylusâ naturalism. The paper starts with some considerations on the importance of the PTMO, continues highlighting some interesting clues in the dialogue that may point to Gorgias as a philosopher and a philosophical character in Plato, and ends with some references to the arguments against Cratylus and especially to the argument on the impossibility of uttering false statements.

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Platoâs Cratylus

Proceedings of the Eleventh Symposium Platonicum Pragense

Series:Â Brill's Plato Studies Series, Volume: 8

E-Book ISBN:: 9789004473027

Publisher:: Brill

Print Publication Date:: 16 Nov 2021

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