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The Search for the Perfect Language

Paperback • 1997 • English

The Search for the Perfect Language

By Umberto Eco

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About the book

The idea that there once existed a language which perfectly and unambiguously expressed the essence of all possible things and concepts has occupied the minds of philosophers, theologians, mystics and others for at least two millennia. This is an investigation into the history of that idea and of its profound influence on European thought, culture and history. From the early Dark Ages to the Renaissance it was widely believed that the language spoken in the Garden of Eden was just such a langua...Show more

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9780006863786

Publisher

Fontana

Published year

1997

Language

English

Original title

The Search for the Perfect Language

Format

Paperback

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