A Few Thoughts on Leopardi’s Linguistic Philosophy

作     者：Alessandro Prato 

作者机构：University of SienaSienaItaly 

出 版 物：《Journal of Philosophy Study》 (哲学研究（英文版）)

年 卷 期：2022年第12卷第1期

页      面：42-47页

学科分类：0502[文学-外国语言文学] 050201[文学-英语语言文学] 05[文学] 

主　　题：philosophy of language stylistic semantic language and thought 

摘      要：The essay describes,on the one hand,how much technical and scientific knowledge played an important role in Leopardi’s formation-demonstrated in the first place by the Dissertazioni filosofiche and Storia dell’Astronomia-and,on the other hand,highlights how they then influenced his philosophical reflection represented both by his materialist conception of man,and by the thoughts on language in a unitary vision of man and of his expressive *** regards this last area,we have concentrated our analysis on two fundamental themes:*** distinction between words and terms;*** dialectical conception of language that holds together apparently antithetical aspects,such as those of vagueness and semantic uniqueness or beauty and usefulness.