DOI: 10.4324/9780415249126-A034-1
Version: v1, Published online: 1998
Retrieved April 19, 2024, from https://www.rep.routledge.com/articles/biographical/cratylus-late-5th-early-4th-century-bc/v-1
Version: v1, Published online: 1998
Retrieved April 19, 2024, from https://www.rep.routledge.com/articles/biographical/cratylus-late-5th-early-4th-century-bc/v-1
Article Summary
Probably an Athenain, Cratylus was a radical Heraclitean, holding that the world is in constant and total flux. Through this doctrine he had a seminal influence on Plato. Cratylus also, for some time at least, defended the natural correctness of names.
Citing this article:
Long, A.A.. Cratylus (late 5th/early 4th century BC), 1998, doi:10.4324/9780415249126-A034-1. Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy, Taylor and Francis, https://www.rep.routledge.com/articles/biographical/cratylus-late-5th-early-4th-century-bc/v-1.
Copyright © 1998-2024 Routledge.
Long, A.A.. Cratylus (late 5th/early 4th century BC), 1998, doi:10.4324/9780415249126-A034-1. Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy, Taylor and Francis, https://www.rep.routledge.com/articles/biographical/cratylus-late-5th-early-4th-century-bc/v-1.
Copyright © 1998-2024 Routledge.