Long before Quine, this philosopher used a distinction between "walking" and "hurrying" to illustrate the indeterminacy of meaning in De Magistro.
Long before Quine, this philosopher used a distinction between "walking" and "hurrying" to illustrate the indeterminacy of meaning in De Magistro. This man's claim that he learned to speak by inferring the names of things is critiqued at the opening of Wittgenstein's Philosophical Investigations. This philosopher, who proposed a psychological analogy for the Trinity, found himself unable to explain (*) time and concluded that it was a distension of the mind, which God lies beyond. He coined the term "just war" in a work whose title construct triumphs over the Earthly City. He was a Neoplatonist and a Manichaean before eventually converting to Christianity. For 10 points, name this philosopher who wrote The City of God and Confessions.
Long before Quine, this philosopher used a distinction between "walking" and "hurrying" to illustrate the indeterminacy of meaning in De Magistro.
Saint Augustine of Hippo [or Saint Augustinus; or Saint Austin; or Blessed Augustine; or Aurelius Augustinus Hipponensis]