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Dialogue
1 Craty| Plato an upholder of the conventional theory of language, which 2 Craty| doctrine that names are conventional; like the names of slaves, 3 Craty| of the two. Language is conventional and also natural, and the 4 Craty| may be described as the conventional, the artificial or rational, 5 Craty| the latter that they are conventional. Cratylus affirms that his 6 Craty| they are natural and not conventional; not a portion of the human 7 Craty| who say that names are conventional, and have a meaning to those