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Cratylus by Plato (Πλάτων) (c. 428 BCE - c. 347 BCE)
Cratylus by Plato (Πλάτων) (c. 428 BCE - c. 347 BCE)
Plato (Πλάτων)

Cratylus by Plato (Πλάτων) (c. 428 BCE - c. 347 BCE)

Cratylus (ΚΡΑΤΥΛΟΣ) discusses whether things have names by mere convention or have true names which can only be correctly applied to the object named and may have originated from God. (Summary by Geoffrey Edwards)