Uma breve exposição sobre filosofia da linguagem em Epicuro

Abstract

Many critiques were made on the writing choices and writing style of the Epicureans, just as various attacks were voiced by different authors regarding the most varied topics in the works of the followers of this line of thought, with Epicurus always at the center of these attacks. However, regarding the language of the Epicureans, the sayings of his detractors were always very weak in arguments, either criticizing the lack of refinement, their simple writing style or the fact that they express themselves through common language. This work is an effort to connect different aspects of the philosopher's work on language in order to have a broad view into his perspective on the topic. Here an interpretive effort is made in an attempt to connect his ideas and notions to achieve our main task of bringing to light the foundations of the author's thought about language. Different pieces of text are here analyzed, focusing on the writings of Epicurus himself. The author's writings on which we focus this study are his Letter to Herodotus and book twenty eight of his work On Nature.