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Social inequality is no longer legitimized by natural or divine laws, and has become a central concern in different areas of knowledge. It has become study focus especially in the world of social sciences, where different theories, approaches and methodologies have been used to address the issue with a common axis: "social differentiation" as a starting point. It is understood as the conditions valued in a society for distribution and acquisition of tangible or intangible assets, leading to talk about social stratification. This article endeavors to make an approach to the study of social stratification from the viewpoint of the so called classical thinkers, delving into their contributions and importance in this field of research. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper examines Nietzsche’s theory of language, which has an essential connection with other epistemological, aesthetic, and social claims present in his work. It is argued that language is the result of perspectival and relative constructions of human beings. For this reason, one cannot speak of absolute or universally valid truths within language, but only of conventional forms and interpretations: accounts of reality, but not objective facts. It is shown that this Nietzschean claim takes important elements from the philosophy of Friedrich Lange, a famous 19th-century philosopher of science and founder of neo-Kantianism in Germany. Nietzsche takes Lange’s concepts of Organisation and Dichtung for some central developments of his own theory of language in the early stages of his thought. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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