Max Müller & the Philosophy of LanguageLongmans, Green, & Company, 1879 - 102 pages |
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... tion and self - preservation , which in the course of gene- rations rises to astounding heights . Is not the first result like a gift of chance , or the lucky number of a lottery , while the latter may be compared with the wealth ...
... tion and self - preservation , which in the course of gene- rations rises to astounding heights . Is not the first result like a gift of chance , or the lucky number of a lottery , while the latter may be compared with the wealth ...
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... tion that the bodily structure of man is not distinguished from that of beasts by any specific anatomical mark . The latter argument indeed may be used directly against the theory of Darwinism . For it is an obvious retort , that if the ...
... tion that the bodily structure of man is not distinguished from that of beasts by any specific anatomical mark . The latter argument indeed may be used directly against the theory of Darwinism . For it is an obvious retort , that if the ...
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... tion of what it is meant to be . This is the real object of the more comprehensive studies of the nineteenth century ; and though the full appreciation of this their true import may be reserved to the future , no one who follows the Max ...
... tion of what it is meant to be . This is the real object of the more comprehensive studies of the nineteenth century ; and though the full appreciation of this their true import may be reserved to the future , no one who follows the Max ...
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... tion , or else to bridge the chasm between mind and body by such tours de force as the concursus divinus , pre - established harmony and the like rash inventions . On the other hand , Spinoza's monism , Kant's criticism , and ...
... tion , or else to bridge the chasm between mind and body by such tours de force as the concursus divinus , pre - established harmony and the like rash inventions . On the other hand , Spinoza's monism , Kant's criticism , and ...
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... tion . It is possible , without language , to see , to perceive , to stare at , to dream about things ; but without words not even such simple ideas as white or black can for a moment be realised . ' All want of clearness , all ...
... tion . It is possible , without language , to see , to perceive , to stare at , to dream about things ; but without words not even such simple ideas as white or black can for a moment be realised . ' All want of clearness , all ...
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Æneid ancient animal Bart century colour comparative philology conceived creation Critical D.D. Crown 8vo Darwin Darwinians derived Dictionary discovery doctrine earliest elements empirical Encyclopædia English Essays expression fact German germs Greek human action human mind human reason human thought ideas Illustrations imitation interjections JOHN STUART MILL JOHN TYNDALL Kant laws Lectures Leibniz light LL.D LONGMAN Lord Macaulay M.A. Crown mankind Maps Max Müller meaning Medium 8vo ment modern Mythology nature notion object Onomatopoeia origin of language perception philo philosophy philosophy of language phonetic types Plates Portrait Post 8vo primæval primitive problem R. A. PROCTOR recognised Religion Revised Rig-Veda Rome roots Royal Institution S. R. GARDINER Sanskrit Science of Language scientific Second Edition sensation sound speak speech Square crown 8vo theory things tion trace Translated Treatise tree truth universal Ursprung der Sprache vols Wood Woodcuts words ΙΟ
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