https://superphysics.org/research/socrates/cratylus/ Recent content in Cratylus on Superphysics Hugo en Wed, 12 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://superphysics.org/research/socrates/cratylus/part-01/ Sat, 20 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0000 https://superphysics.org/research/socrates/cratylus/part-01/ <p>PERSONS OF THE DIALOGUE: Socrates, Hermogenes, Cratylus.</p> <div class="reveal-on-scroll fly-in-right flex justify-end items-start gap-3 px-2 py-4 relative" data-animate="show"> <div class="flex flex-col items-end max-w-[95%] md:max-w-[80%]"> <div class="flex items-center mb-1"> <span class="text-xs font-semibold text-gray-600 dark:text-gray-400 mr-2"> Hermogenes </span> </div> <div class="border border-gray-400 p-4 shadow-md rounded-2xl rounded-tr-none"> <div class="prose prose-sm sm:prose-sm md:prose-base lg:prose-lg dark:prose-invert max-w-none"> <p>Socrates, our friend Cratylus has been arguing about names; he says that they are natural and not conventional; not a portion of the human voice which men agree to use; but that there is a truth or correctness in them, which is the same for Hellenes as for barbarians. Whereupon I ask him, whether his own name of Cratylus is a true name or not, and he answers “Yes.”</p> https://superphysics.org/research/socrates/cratylus/part-02/ Wed, 12 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://superphysics.org/research/socrates/cratylus/part-02/ <div class="reveal-on-scroll fly-in-left flex justify-start items-start gap-3 px-2 py-4 relative" data-animate="show"> <div class="flex-shrink-0"> <img class="w-12 h-12 rounded-full shadow-lg border-2 object-cover" src="https://superphysics.org/icons/Socrates.jpg" alt="Socrates" onerror="this.style.display='none'; this.nextElementSibling.style.display='block'"> <svg class="w-12 h-12 rounded-full shadow-lg border-2 hidden" viewBox="0 0 100 100" style="background: #4A90D9;"> <text x="50" y="58" text-anchor="middle" font-family="Arial, sans-serif" font-size="40" font-weight="bold" fill="white"> S </text> </svg> </div> <div class="flex flex-col items-start max-w-[95%] md:max-w-[80%]"> <div class="flex items-center mb-1"> <span class="text-xs font-semibold text-gray-600 dark:text-gray-400 ml-1"> Socrates </span> </div> <div class="border border-gray-400 p-4 shadow-md rounded-2xl rounded-tl-none text-left"> <div class="prose prose-sm sm:prose-sm md:prose-base lg:prose-lg dark:prose-invert max-w-none"> <p>How does the legislator make names? He looks to what?</p> https://superphysics.org/research/socrates/cratylus/part-03/ Wed, 12 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://superphysics.org/research/socrates/cratylus/part-03/ <div class="reveal-on-scroll fly-in-left flex justify-start items-start gap-3 px-2 py-4 relative" data-animate="show"> <div class="flex-shrink-0"> <img class="w-12 h-12 rounded-full shadow-lg border-2 object-cover" src="https://superphysics.org/icons/Socrates.jpg" alt="Socrates" onerror="this.style.display='none'; this.nextElementSibling.style.display='block'"> <svg class="w-12 h-12 rounded-full shadow-lg border-2 hidden" viewBox="0 0 100 100" style="background: #4A90D9;"> <text x="50" y="58" text-anchor="middle" font-family="Arial, sans-serif" font-size="40" font-weight="bold" fill="white"> S </text> </svg> </div> <div class="flex flex-col items-start max-w-[95%] md:max-w-[80%]"> <div class="flex items-center mb-1"> <span class="text-xs font-semibold text-gray-600 dark:text-gray-400 ml-1"> Socrates </span> </div> <div class="border border-gray-400 p-4 shadow-md rounded-2xl rounded-tl-none text-left"> <div class="prose prose-sm sm:prose-sm md:prose-base lg:prose-lg dark:prose-invert max-w-none"> <p>Are there any names which witness of themselves that they are not given arbitrarily, but have a natural fitness?</p> https://superphysics.org/research/socrates/cratylus/part-04/ Wed, 12 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://superphysics.org/research/socrates/cratylus/part-04/ <div class="reveal-on-scroll fly-in-left flex justify-start items-start gap-3 px-2 py-4 relative" data-animate="show"> <div class="flex-shrink-0"> <img class="w-12 h-12 rounded-full shadow-lg border-2 object-cover" src="https://superphysics.org/icons/Socrates.jpg" alt="Socrates" onerror="this.style.display='none'; this.nextElementSibling.style.display='block'"> <svg class="w-12 h-12 rounded-full shadow-lg border-2 hidden" viewBox="0 0 100 100" style="background: #4A90D9;"> <text x="50" y="58" text-anchor="middle" font-family="Arial, sans-serif" font-size="40" font-weight="bold" fill="white"> S </text> </svg> </div> <div class="flex flex-col items-start max-w-[95%] md:max-w-[80%]"> <div class="flex items-center mb-1"> <span class="text-xs font-semibold text-gray-600 dark:text-gray-400 ml-1"> Socrates </span> </div> <div class="border border-gray-400 p-4 shadow-md rounded-2xl rounded-tl-none text-left"> <div class="prose prose-sm sm:prose-sm md:prose-base lg:prose-lg dark:prose-invert max-w-none"> <p>After Hestia we should consider Rhea and Cronos, although the name of Cronos has been already discussed.</p> https://superphysics.org/research/socrates/cratylus/part-05/ Wed, 12 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://superphysics.org/research/socrates/cratylus/part-05/ <p>SOCRATES: And now, by the Gods, let us have no more of the Gods, for I am afraid of them; ask about anything but them, and thou shalt see how the steeds of Euthyphro can prance.</p> https://superphysics.org/research/socrates/cratylus/part-06/ Wed, 12 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://superphysics.org/research/socrates/cratylus/part-06/ <div class="reveal-on-scroll fly-in-left flex justify-start items-start gap-3 px-2 py-4 relative" data-animate="show"> <div class="flex-shrink-0"> <img class="w-12 h-12 rounded-full shadow-lg border-2 object-cover" src="https://superphysics.org/icons/Socrates.jpg" alt="Socrates" onerror="this.style.display='none'; this.nextElementSibling.style.display='block'"> <svg class="w-12 h-12 rounded-full shadow-lg border-2 hidden" viewBox="0 0 100 100" style="background: #4A90D9;"> <text x="50" y="58" text-anchor="middle" font-family="Arial, sans-serif" font-size="40" font-weight="bold" fill="white"> S </text> </svg> </div> <div class="flex flex-col items-start max-w-[95%] md:max-w-[80%]"> <div class="flex items-center mb-1"> <span class="text-xs font-semibold text-gray-600 dark:text-gray-400 ml-1"> Socrates </span> </div> <div class="border border-gray-400 p-4 shadow-md rounded-2xl rounded-tl-none text-left"> <div class="prose prose-sm sm:prose-sm md:prose-base lg:prose-lg dark:prose-invert max-w-none"> <p>Shall we leave them, then? or shall we seek to discover, if we can, something about them, according to the measure of our ability, saying by way of preface, as I said before of the Gods, that of the truth about them we know nothing, and do but entertain human notions of them.</p>