Background
Kahn, Charles Henry was born on May 29, 1928 in New Iberia, Louisiana, United States. Son of Harold Abraham and Selma (Meyer) Kahn.
( A reprint, with new introductory essay, of the D. Reide...)
A reprint, with new introductory essay, of the D. Reidel edition of 1973. This reissue of Charles Kahn's classic work includes a substantial new introductory essay, which presents a reformulation of the theory of syntactic and semantic unity for the system of uses of the verb be in Greek (conceived primarily as a verb of predication), and hence a defense of the conceptual unity for the notion of Being in Greek philosophy. The book offers a systematic description of the use and grammar of the verb to be in Ancient Greek, before the philosophers took it over to express the central concepts in Greek logic and metaphysics. Evidence is taken primarily from Homer but supplemented by specimens from classical Attic prose. Topics discussed include the original status of the verb in Indo-European, as well as the logical and syntactic relations among copula, existential, and veridical uses.
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( Through criticism and analysis of ancient traditions, K...)
Through criticism and analysis of ancient traditions, Kahn reconstructs the pattern of Anaximander’s thought using historical methods akin to the reconstructive techniques of comparative linguists.
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Kahn, Charles Henry was born on May 29, 1928 in New Iberia, Louisiana, United States. Son of Harold Abraham and Selma (Meyer) Kahn.
Bachelor, University of Chicago, 1946; Master of Arts, University of Chicago, 1949; Doctor of Philosophy, Columbia University, 1958.
Instructor, Columbia University, New York City, 1957-1958; assistant professor, Columbia University, New York City, 1958-1963; associate professor, Columbia University, New York City, 1963-1965; associate professor, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1965-1968; professor, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, since 1968. Visiting professor American School Classical Studies, Athens, 1974-1975, member managing committee, since 1964. Visiting fellow Clare Hall, Cambridge U., 1985, Balliol College, University of Oxford, 1979-1980.
( Through criticism and analysis of ancient traditions, K...)
( A reprint, with new introductory essay, of the D. Reide...)
With United States Army, 1953-1955. Member Society for Ancient Greek Philosophy (president 1976-1978), International Plato Society (North America representative Executive Committee since 1992), Poets, Playwrights, Editors, Essayists and Novelists association, American Philological Association, American Philosophical Association, American Association of University Professors.
Married Denise Bouvy, April 5, 1951. Married Edna Foa, October 2, 1988.