General
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| Author: | Eco, Umberto |
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| Binding: | Paperback |
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Publishing
| Publisher: | Fontana Press |
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| Publication Year: | 1997-07-01 |
| ISBN#: | 978-0-00-686378-6 |
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| Pages: | 400 |
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| Language: | English |
Classification
| Genre: | Philosophy / General |
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| Series: | The Making of Europe |
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Comments
From the early Dark Ages to the Renaissance it was widely believed that the language spoken in the Garden of Eden was a perfect language, expressing all possible things, and that all current languages were its decadent descendants. This is an investigation into the history of this idea.