Linguagem e conhecimento no crátilo de Platão

Abstract

As we reach the end of Plato's dialogue Cratylus, we face the conclusion that names would fail to express the real essence of things, which seems to question the task of Philosophy conceived of as an activity in search of knowledge controlled by logos. The present paper attempts to show that it is possible to perceive, from the very construction of the elements that make up the dialogue itself, mainly with regard to its dramatic dimension, clues which suggest that language is not unable to play its part as knowledge maker.