Stoics on Lekta

After Plato''s Forms, and Aristotle''s substances, the Stoics posited the fundamental reality of lekta - the meanings of sentences, distinct from the sentences themselves. This is the first time in the tradition of Western philosophy that what is signified is properly distinguished from signs and signifiers.The Stoics on Lekta offers a synoptic treatment of the many implications of this distinctio...