Before revision: Mesopotamian hermeneutics Aristotle and Plato In De Interpretatione, Aristotle offers a theory which lays the groundwork for many later theories of interpretation and semiotics: Equally important to later developments are some ancient texts on poetry, rhetoric, and sophistry: Aristotle's Poetics, Rhetoric, and On Sophistical Refutations Plato's dialogues, Cratylus, Ion, Gorgias, Lesser Hippias, and The Republic However, these texts deal with the presentation and refutation of arguments, speeches, and poems rather than with the understanding of texts per se.
After revision: Ancient Chinese hermeneuticsMesopotamian hermeneutics Aristotle and Plato In De Interpretatione, Aristotle offers a theory which lays the groundwork for many later theories of interpretation and semiotics: Equally important to later developments are some ancient texts on poetry, rhetoric, and sophistry: Aristotle's Poetics, Rhetoric, and On Sophistical Refutations Plato's dialogues, Cratylus, Ion, Gorgias, Lesser Hippias, and The Republic However, these texts deal with the presentation and refutation of arguments, speeches, and poems rather than with the understanding of texts per se.