The Stoics on Lekta: All There Is to Say

by Ada Bronowski

After Plato's Forms, and Aristotle's substances, the Stoics posited the fundamental reality of lekta - the meanings of sentences, distinct from the sentences themselves. This is the first time in the tradition of Western philosophy that what is signified is properly distinguished from signs and signifiers.

The Stoics on Lekta offers a synoptic treatment of the many implications of this distinction, which grants an existential autonomy to lekta:...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198842880
• ISBN13: 9780198842880
• Release Date: September 2019
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 494 Pages
• Weight: 2.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.3" x 9.3"