Epistemology, Semantics, and Logic in Ancient Greek Grammar - by Leonardo Chiocchetti (Hardcover)

About the Book

In this book, Apollonius Dyscolus emerges as a sophisticated, eclectic thinker who shaped Western grammar by integrating Alexandrian grammatical ideas with Stoic and Peripatetic philosophy.

Book Synopsis

Was the greatest grammarian of antiquity truly a second-rate Stoic philosopher in disguise? For decades, scholars have seemed to believe so. This book shatters that consensus. By analyzing Apollonius Dyscolus' core concepts--from proper names to conditionals--this book reveals a thinker far more eclectic and original than previously believed. Apollonius synthesized Stoic, Aristotelian, and Alexandrian ideas to create a unique grammatical project, allowing us to appreciate ancient Greek grammar as a sophisticated semantic theory in its own right--one that pragmatically deploys the philosophical lingua franca of the post-Hellenistic period to solve practical problems of language. This book is an essential reading for anyone seeking to understand how Western linguistic theory truly began.

About the Author

Leonardo Chiocchetti is Research Associate at the Ludwig Maximilian University (LMU), Munich. He mostly teaches ancient metaphysics and logic. His research focuses on Peripatetic and Stoic philosophy, as well as their influences on ancient grammatical thought.