GRICE ITALO A-Z P PAU

 

Luigi Speranza -- Grice e Paulino:  la ragione conversazionale e il portico romano, la ragione e l’implicatura conversazionale -- Roma – filosofia campanese -- filosofia italiana – Luigi Speranza (Nola). Filosofo italiano. Abstract. H. P. Grice: “When my father, Herbert Grice, christened me “Herbert Paul Grice” he meant ‘junior’ – paullus, small. My mother, however, claimed that it was a religious outburst on the part of Father seeing that Saul referred to the Roma gentiles always as ‘Paul’!” Nola, Napoli, Campania. A wealthy man. He has a career in public life before becoming a philosopher. He writes many poems and letters, some of which survive. Some see the influence of the Portico on his views concerning the ascetic life. His son is Giovio. Grice: “I like Paulino – for one, that’s my Christian name!” -- Paulino.

 

Luigi Speranza -- Grice e Pausania: all’isola -- la ragione conversazionale e la scuola di Girgenti – Roma – filosofia italiana – Luigi Speranza (Girgenti). Filosofo italiano. Girgenti, Sicilia. A friend of Empedocle di GIRGENTI (si veda) – and the dedicatee of one of his poems. P. wites an an account of his tutor’s life and death. Grice: “We English are lucky: there is only one philosopher from Ockham: Ockham. From Girgenti, however, Italians have Empedocle and Pausania!” Grice: “Strawson advised me that I should refer to Emepedocle as Girgenti and Pausania as Girgentino, just for the sake of the difference!” -- Pausania.