Mercury, or, The secret and swift messenger : shewing how a man may with privacy and speed communicate his thoughts to a friend at any distance (1707) ; together with an abstract of Dr. Wilkins's Essay towards a real character and a philosophical language
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Mercury, or, The secret and swift messenger : shewing how a man may with privacy and speed communicate his thoughts to a friend at any distance (1707) ; together with an abstract of Dr. Wilkins's Essay towards a real character and a philosophical language
（Foundations of semiotics, v. 6）
J. Benjamins Pub. Co., 1984
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Mercury
Secret and swift messenger
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Originally published in 1707
"Reprinted from the third edition: The mathematical and philosophical works of the Right Reverend John Wilkins (1708)"
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Works of the Right Reverend John Wilkins' (1708). Together with an abstract of Dr. Wilkin's 'Essay towards a Real Character and a Philosophical Languages,' a sketch of the life of the author and an account of his writings. With an introductory essay on the Universal Language Movement in England, France and Germany in the 17th and 18th century by Brigitte Asbach-Schnitker.
Table of Contents
- 1. 0 Introduction
- 2. 1. General Characterization: Sources and Aims
- 3. 2. Early Continental Developments
- 4. 3. Language Invention in England
- 5. 3.1 The Beginnings
- 6. 3.2 Universal Character
- 7. 3.3 Universal Language
- 8. 3.4 The Turn of the Century
- 9. 3.5 The 18th Century
- 10. 4. Universal Languages in France
- 11. 4.1 The 17th Century
- 12. 4.2 The 18th Century
- 13. 5. Universal Languages in Germany
- 14. 5.1 Comenius and the Academy at Herborn
- 15. 5.2 J J. Becher and A. Kircher
- 16. 5.3 G.W. Leibniz
- 17. 5.4 Logically Orientated Movements in 18th Century Germany
- 18. 5.5 Pasigraphic Proposals
- 19. 5.6 Conclusion
- 20. 6. Notes
- 21. 7. Bibliography
- 22. 7.1 List of Source Works
- 23. 7.2 List of Secondary Works
- 24. 7.3 Works of John Wilkins
- 25. 8. The Life of the Author
- 26. 9. Mercury, or the speedy and swift messenger
- 27. 10. An Abstract of Dr. Wilkins's Essay (1668)
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