Language / edited by Stephen Everson.

Cambridge [England] ; New York, NY, USA : Cambridge University Press, 1994.

vii, 280 pages ; 23 cm.

Copy 1 Supplier/Donor: Dillons

Plato on understanding language / David Bostock -- Cratylus' theory of names and its refutation / Bernard Williams -- Aristotle on names and their signification / David Charles -- Epicurus on mind and language / Stephen Everson -- The Stoic notion of a lekton / Michael Frede -- Parrots, pyrrhonists, and native speakers / David K. Glidden -- Analogy, anomaly, and Apollonius / David Blank -- Usage and abusage : Galen on language / R.J. Hankinson -- Augustine on the nature of speech / Christopher Kirwan -- The verb "to be" in Greek philosophy / Lesley Brown.

Includes bibliographic references (p. 237-263) and indexes