...human understanding." So far we can readily agree with him. But when the great philosopher adds : " Man is man only by means of speech, but in order to invent speech he must be already man," he must either mean by speech (as we often mean by language,) any possible means of communicating ideas,...

...There could be no invention of language unless its type already existed in the human understanding. red, or eaten, whence it received its new names." Walter Scott describes the same thing, i Whatever was the origin of language, it is not to be supposed that the vocabulary possessed by the...

...human understanding." So far we can readily agree with him. But when the great philosopher adds : " Man is man only by means of speech, but in order to invent speech he must be already man," he must either mean by speech (as we often mean by language), any possible means of communicating ideas,...

...belief in a gradual formation of speech may appear, the invention of it could only happen at once. Man is man only by means of speech ; but in order to invent speech be must be already man." f See Dr. Prichard's Researches into the Physical History of Mankind, and...

...belief in a gradual formation of speech may appear, the invention of it could only happen at once. Man is man only by means of speech ; but in order to invent ipeech he must be already man." t See Dr. Prichard's Researches into the Physical History of Mankind,...

...In fine, from what has been said, we are enabled easily to explain the paradox, that " Mauf is mau only by means of speech, but in order to invent speech he must be already man." * The Science of Language. By Professor Max Miiller. Third Edition, p. 351. " Let there be light, and...

...§§ 1, 2. There could be no invention of language unless its type already existed in the human mind. Man is man only by means of speech ; but in order to invent speech he must be already man." In these extracts it is asserted that language is an organic product of which thought is the organizing...

...There could be no invention of language, unless its type already existed in the human understanding. Man is man only by means of speech, but in order to invent speech, he must be already man." It is only by conceiving an inevitable relation between the innate faculties or intellectual instincts...

...could be no invention of Ian- A' guage, unless its type already existed in the human understanding. Man is man only by means of speech, but in order to invent speech, he must be already man." It is only by conceiving an inevitable relation between the innate faculties or intellectual instincts...

...of love, of delight of maternity, of infantine ecstacy, and of affection! Baron Von Humboldt says, "Man is man only by means of speech, but in order to invent speech, he must be already man." "Language also, like amber, embalms and preserves the relics of ancient wisdom." Homer, through his...