Serendipities: Language & LunacyHoughton Mifflin Harcourt, 1999 - 129 páginas From Leibniz's belief that the "I Ching" illustrated the principles of calculus to Marco Polo's mistaking a rhinoceros for a unicorn, Umberto Eco offers a dazzling tour of intellectual history, illuminating the ways in which we project the familiar onto the strange to make sense of the world. |
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... language and lunacy / Umberto Eco ; translated by William Weaver p . cm . Includes index . ISBN 0-15-600751-7 1. Language and languages - Philosophy . 2. Intercultural communication . I. Title . P106.E29 1999 401 - dc21 99-15149 Text ...
... language and lunacy / Umberto Eco ; translated by William Weaver p . cm . Includes index . ISBN 0-15-600751-7 1. Language and languages - Philosophy . 2. Intercultural communication . I. Title . P106.E29 1999 401 - dc21 99-15149 Text ...
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Language & Lunacy Umberto Eco. CONTENTS Preface vii 1 THE FORCE OF FALSITY 1 2 LANGUAGES IN PARADISE 23 3 FROM MARCO POLO TO LEIBNIZ 53 Stories of Intellectual Misunderstandings THE LANGUAGE OF THE AUSTRAL LAND 77 5 THE LINGUISTICS OF ...
Language & Lunacy Umberto Eco. CONTENTS Preface vii 1 THE FORCE OF FALSITY 1 2 LANGUAGES IN PARADISE 23 3 FROM MARCO POLO TO LEIBNIZ 53 Stories of Intellectual Misunderstandings THE LANGUAGE OF THE AUSTRAL LAND 77 5 THE LINGUISTICS OF ...
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LANGUAGES IN PARADISE | 23 |
FROM MARCO POLO TO LEIBNIZ | 53 |
THE LINGUISTICS OF JOSEPH DE MAISTRE | 97 |
Notes | 117 |
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