1st Edition

The Spirit of Language in Civilization

By K. Vossler Copyright 2001
    256 Pages
    by Routledge

    256 Pages
    by Routledge

    First published in 2000. This is Volume VIII of eight in the International Library of Philosophy looking at the area pf philosophy of Mind and Language. Written in 1932, it focuses on the spirit of language in civilisation, with thoughts on the origin of language, its value and meaning.

    Chapter I Assumptions and Experiences; Chapter II Speech, Conversation, and Language; Chapter III Language and Religion; Chapter IV An Example: New Forms of Thought in Vulgar Latin 1 This chapter first appeared in the Festschrift für Ph. A. Becker, “Hauptfragen der Romanistik,” Heidelberg, 1922, p. 170 ff.; Chapter V Language and Nature; Chapter VI Language and Life; Chapter VII Language Communities; Chapter VIII Language and Science; Chapter IX Language and Poetry;

    Biography

    Karl Vossler