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A brief retrospect of the eighteenth century, part first; in two volumes containing a sketch of the revolutions and improvements in science, art, and literature, during that period.Philosophy of language.

A brief retrospect of the eighteenth century, part first; in two volumes containing a sketch of... The true nature and philosophy of language, or the principles of Universal Grammar; seem to have eluded the inquiries of the most sagacious for many centuries. A multitude of writers of the first character, from Plato down to Leibnitz, treated largely and ably on the subject; but they did little more than to copy the mistakes of each other, or to present a succession of delusive systems, which would not bear the test of more enlightened examination. Though this may appear strange to a careless or superficial inquirer, yet when the extreme difficulty of the subject is duly appreciated, it will no longer be a matter of surprise that so many great men should, in their investigations, have gone so wide of the mark. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2022 APA, all rights reserved) http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png

A brief retrospect of the eighteenth century, part first; in two volumes containing a sketch of the revolutions and improvements in science, art, and literature, during that period.Philosophy of language.

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T and J Swords
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Copyright © 1803 American Psychological Association
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122 –129
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10.1037/11673-005
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The true nature and philosophy of language, or the principles of Universal Grammar; seem to have eluded the inquiries of the most sagacious for many centuries. A multitude of writers of the first character, from Plato down to Leibnitz, treated largely and ably on the subject; but they did little more than to copy the mistakes of each other, or to present a succession of delusive systems, which would not bear the test of more enlightened examination. Though this may appear strange to a careless or superficial inquirer, yet when the extreme difficulty of the subject is duly appreciated, it will no longer be a matter of surprise that so many great men should, in their investigations, have gone so wide of the mark. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2022 APA, all rights reserved)

Published: Nov 10, 2008

Keywords: philosophy; language; grammar

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