THEMES: Origin and etymology of Greek Language, Whether names are natural or conventional, the truth/correctness of names or the natural fitness of names, an examination on whether falsehood is impossible,... HERMOGENES: I should explain to you, Socrates, that our friend Cratylus has been arguing about names; he says that they are natural and not conventional; not a portion of … Continue reading Cratylus! (Synopsis – highlights & unredacted quotes lifted from the Socratic dialogue by Plato, Benjamin Jowett translation) →