Herder and the Poetics of Thought: Unity and Diversity in on Diligence in Several Learned Languages

by Michael Morton

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At the first and most basic level this work is a close reading of Herder's early essay "Uber den Fleiss in mehreren gelehrten Sprachen" (On Diligence in Several Learned Languages) of 1764.

Morton offers the first extended examination of Herder's distinctive philosophical and rhetorical idiom. He argues that Herder's often difficult style is not the mere hindrance to understanding it has often been taken to be, but rather that the substance...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0271027266

ISBN13:9780271027265

Release Date:September 1989

Publisher:Penn State University Press

Length:204 Pages

Weight:0.66 lbs.

Dimensions:0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"

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