Nigidius Figulus’ Naturalism: Between Grammar and Philosophy
Résumé
Nigidius Figulus (praet. 59, † 45) was an eminent polymath of the late Republican age, an allegedly Pythagorean magus and the author of at least twenty-nine books of Commentarii grammatici. This work is still little known and, because of its fragmentary status, it has sometimes been misunderstood. This chapter will provide an overview of Nigidius’ linguistic ideas, starting from an unusual extract, where he reconstructs the articulatory symbolism of the Latin personal pronouns (frg. 41 Swoboda = 23 Funaioli ap. Gell. 10,4,1-4). Then it will connect Nigidius’ theory with the history of Cratylism and show that other fragments from his Commentarii rely on different forms of naturalism.
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