Isbn: 9781878822291 - language and the history of thought (library of the history of ideas, band 13) (2 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fine. 1st ed. Blue-grey cloth cover. Issued as Library of the History of Ideas XIII, reprinting 17 papers originally published in the Journal of the History of Ideas. 1963--1989. xi+257; only flaw I can see is an inconsequential crease to top of front wraparound of jacket, otherwise virtually, perhaps even literally, pristine. Will add protective sleeve to jacket when ordered. A wide ranginf collection of papers addressing western ideas about the nature of language from the 17th-19th century, the 18th century coverage being particularly strong, covers figures such as John Wilkins, Noah Webster and Gerard Manley Hopkins, and issues such as language origins, the notion of universal language and semiotics.…

Cloth. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Near Fine. This volume brings together seventeen essays that have appeared in the Journal of the History of Ideas over the last thirty years. Their common theme is the role of language in aspects of the history of Western thought. 257 pages.