University of Massachusetts Amherst ScholarWorks@UMass Amherst Doctoral Dissertations 1896 - February 2014 1-1-1993 Language, truth and power in ancient Greek thought : prolegomena to Nietzsche. Paul M. Shepard University of Massachusetts Amherst Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarworks.umass.edu/dissertations_1 Recommended Citation Shepard, Paul M., "Language, truth and power in ancient Greek thought : prolegomena to Nietzsche." (1993). Doctoral Dissertations 1896 - February 2014. 1922. https://scholarworks.umass.edu/dissertations_1/1922 This Open Access Dissertation is brought to you for free and open access by ScholarWorks@UMass Amherst. It has been accepted for inclusion in Doctoral Dissertations 1896 - February 2014 by an authorized administrator of ScholarWorks@UMass Amherst. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. LANGUAGE, TRUTH AND POWER IN ANCIENT GREEK THOUGHT: PROLEGOMENA TO NIETZSCHE A Dissertation Presented by PAUL M. SHEPARD Submitted to the Graduate School of the University of Massachusetts in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY September 1993 Department of Political Science Copyright by Paul Michael Shepard 1993 All Rights Reserved LANGUAGE TRUTH , AND POWER IN ANCIENT GREEK THOUGHT' PROLEGOMENA TO NIETZSCHE A Dissertation Presented by PAUL M. SHEPARD Approved as to style and content by Nicholas Xenos, Chair A. f ,'prnnerome B. King, Membe J. Peter Euben, Member 3- Peter R. Pouncey, Member George ^ Sulzner, B^partment Chair Department of Political Science For Dennis, my Patroclus. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS There were some who fought the Trojan war for loot, others for honor, a few for justice. This project represents my Trojan War, and has lasted about as long.