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It is derived from the Greek gē , land , ground , earth , and metron , measBotany ,
the science of plants , was originally the science of botanē , which in Greek does
not mean a plant in general , but fodder , from boskein , to feed . The science of ...
It is derived from the Greek gē , land , ground , earth , and metron , measBotany ,
the science of plants , was originally the science of botanē , which in Greek does
not mean a plant in general , but fodder , from boskein , to feed . The science of ...
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A myth means a word , but a word which , from being a name or an attribute , has
been allowed to assume a more substantial existence . Most of the Greek , the
Roman , the Indian , and other heathen gods are nothing but poetical names , ...
A myth means a word , but a word which , from being a name or an attribute , has
been allowed to assume a more substantial existence . Most of the Greek , the
Roman , the Indian , and other heathen gods are nothing but poetical names , ...
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This mythological disease , though less virulent in modern languages , is by no
means extinct . During the Middle Ages the controversy between Nominalism and
Realism , which agitated the church for centuries , and finally prepared the way ...
This mythological disease , though less virulent in modern languages , is by no
means extinct . During the Middle Ages the controversy between Nominalism and
Realism , which agitated the church for centuries , and finally prepared the way ...
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... by means of induction , or sometimes even of divination , into regions not
accessible to the mere collector . In this attempt the mind of man no doubt has
frequently met with the fate of Phaeton ; but , undismayed by failure , he asks
again and ...
... by means of induction , or sometimes even of divination , into regions not
accessible to the mere collector . In this attempt the mind of man no doubt has
frequently met with the fate of Phaeton ; but , undismayed by failure , he asks
again and ...
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... 7 with philology in the usual meaning of the word . Philology , whether classical
or oriental , whether treating of ancient or modern , of cultivated or barbarous
languages , is an historical science . Language is here treated simply as a means
.
... 7 with philology in the usual meaning of the word . Philology , whether classical
or oriental , whether treating of ancient or modern , of cultivated or barbarous
languages , is an historical science . Language is here treated simply as a means
.
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| Title | Lectures on the Science of Language Delivered at the Royal Institution of Great Britain ...1861 [and 1863], Volume 1 Lectures on the Science of Language Delivered at the Royal Institution of Great Britain ...1861 [and 1863], Friedrich Max Müller |
| Author | Friedrich Max Müller |
| Publisher | C. Scribner, 1866 |
| Original from | the University of Virginia |
| Digitized | 12 Nov 2009 |
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