Beschreibung:
This 1874 work discusses the science of comparative philology, its disciplines and its relationship to physiology, history, and religion.
Preface; 1. The sphere of comparative philology, and its relation to the other sciences; 2. The idola of glottology; 3. The idolum of primeval centres of language; 4. The theory of three stages of development; 5. The possibility of mixture; 6. The doctrine of roots; 7. The metaphysics of language; 8. Comparative mythology and the science of religions; 9. The influence of analogy in language; Index.