Max Müller and the Philosophy of LanguageLongmans, Green, 1879 - 102 Seiten |
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Seite 98 - Not every random perception is raised to the dignity of a general notion, but only the constantly recurring, the strongest, the most useful ; and out of the endless number of general notions that suggest themselves to the observing and gathering mind, those only survive and receive definite phonetic expression which are absolutely requisite for carrying on the work of life.
Seite 69 - Hence, the only definition we can give of language during that early state is, that it is the conscious expression in sound of impressions received by all the senses.
Seite 69 - Thus the fact that all words expressive of immaterial conceptions are derived by metaphor from words expressive of sensible ideas was for the first time clearly and definitely put forward by Locke, and is now fully confirmed by the researches of comparative philologists. All roots, ie all the material elements of language, are expressive of sensuous impressions, and of sensuous impressions only; and as all words, even the most abstract and sublime, are derived from roots, comparative philology fully...
Seite 75 - Everything is essential ; everything hangs together, and forms part of one single scheme, one grand and complex plan, one gorgeous drama of which the universe is the theatre. They who discourse to you of the laws of nature as if those laws were binding on nature, or as if they formed a part of nature, deceive both you and themselves. -The laws of nature have their sole seat, origin, and function in the human mind.
Seite 6 - His matter, we suppose, would make amends for these deficiencies of manner : to judge from his introductory lecture, preserved in his works, with the title, What is Universal History, and with what views should it be studied, there perhaps has never been in Europe another course of history sketched out on principles so magnificent and philosophical...
Seite 74 - ... is ascertained our knowledge has no sure basis. On the one side we have mind ; on the other side we have matter. These two principles are so interwoven, they so act upon and perturb each other, that we shall never really know the laws of one unless we also know the laws of both.
Seite 74 - The highest of our so-called laws of nature ' are as yet purely empirical. You are startled by that assertion, but it is literally true. Not one single physical discovery that has ever been made has been connected with the laws of the mind that made it ; and until that connection is ascertained our knowledge has no sure basis.