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The Search for the Perfect Language (Making of Europe)
The Search for the Perfect Language - Making of Europe
Author: Umberto Eco, James Fentress (Translator)
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, and mystics for at least two millennia. This book investigates the history of that idea, and of its profound influence on European thought, culture and histor...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780631205104
ISBN-10: 0631205101
Publication Date: 3/1/1997
Pages: 385
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Publisher: Blackwell Publishers
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
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