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Talks about the origin of semiotics and sign theory. This book reconsiders the semiotic practices and the theoretical considerations of the sign which were developed in the ancient world and have come down to us through literary, philosophical, medical, historical, and rhetorical traditions.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments
Introduction

One. Mesopotamian Divination

Two. Greek Divination

Three. Signs and Semiosic Processes in Greek Medincine

Four. Plato

Five. Language and Signs in Aristotle

Six. Theory of Language and Semiotics in the Stoic Philosophers

Seven. Inference and Language in Epicurus

Eight. Philodemus: De Signis

Nine. Latin Rhetoric

Ten. Augustine

Notes
Bibliography

Theories of the Sign in Classical Antiquity

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      Publisher: Indiana University Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 22/03/1993
      ISBN13: 9780253336842, 978-0253336842
      ISBN10: 0253336848

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Talks about the origin of semiotics and sign theory. This book reconsiders the semiotic practices and the theoretical considerations of the sign which were developed in the ancient world and have come down to us through literary, philosophical, medical, historical, and rhetorical traditions.

      Table of Contents

      Acknowledgments
      Introduction

      One. Mesopotamian Divination

      Two. Greek Divination

      Three. Signs and Semiosic Processes in Greek Medincine

      Four. Plato

      Five. Language and Signs in Aristotle

      Six. Theory of Language and Semiotics in the Stoic Philosophers

      Seven. Inference and Language in Epicurus

      Eight. Philodemus: De Signis

      Nine. Latin Rhetoric

      Ten. Augustine

      Notes
      Bibliography

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