Great Treasury of Western Thought: A Compendium of Important Statements on Man and His Institutions by the Great Thinkers in Western HistoryMortimer Jerome Adler, Charles Lincoln Van Doren Bowker, 1977 - Počet stran: 1771 Passages from the West's great written works, ranging from the Odyssey and the Old Testament to the Interpretation of Dreams and Ulysses, comment on love, knowledge, ethics, war, art, and other abiding topics. |
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Strana 480
... Language 7.2 | The Arts of Language. The passages assembled here deal with questions about the origin of language , the conventions of language , the diversity of languages , the power of words to perform the function of signs , and the ...
... Language 7.2 | The Arts of Language. The passages assembled here deal with questions about the origin of language , the conventions of language , the diversity of languages , the power of words to perform the function of signs , and the ...
Strana 491
... Language is an art , like brewing or baking . . . . It certainly is not a true instinct , for every language has to be learnt . Darwin , Descent of Man , I , 3 58 With respect to the origin of articulate language . . . I cannot doubt ...
... Language is an art , like brewing or baking . . . . It certainly is not a true instinct , for every language has to be learnt . Darwin , Descent of Man , I , 3 58 With respect to the origin of articulate language . . . I cannot doubt ...
Strana 494
... language , but to this view I cannot assent : I hold that there can be thought , and even true and false belief , without language . But however that may , it cannot be de- nied that all fairly elaborate thoughts require words . I can ...
... language , but to this view I cannot assent : I hold that there can be thought , and even true and false belief , without language . But however that may , it cannot be de- nied that all fairly elaborate thoughts require words . I can ...
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