Oral-Formulaic Theory: Annotated Bibliography

Dallas Willard. "Concerning the Knowledge' of the Pre-Platonic Greeks." In Language and Thought in Early Greek Philosophy. Ed. by Kevin Robb. La Salle, IL: Monist Library of Philosophy/The Hegeler Institute, pp. 244-54.

Averring that such a thesis is not necessary to support Havelock's view of the development of Greek culture from orality to literacy, argues against Havelocks' contention that the pre-Homeric Greeks could not possess "knowledge" in the sense of "a true generalization couched in the language of universals" (245) because not all thought is a linguistic activity.
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