The Search for the Perfect Language |
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Author:
| Eco, Umberto |
Series title: | Making of Europe Ser. |
ISBN: | 978-0-631-17465-3 |
Publication Date: | Oct 1995 |
Publisher: | John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated
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Imprint: | Wiley-Blackwell |
Book Format: | Hardback |
List Price: | USD $142.95USD $111.00 |
Book Description:
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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.
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.