The Alphabet of Nature
Author: Franciscus Mercurius Van Helmont
Publisher: BRILL
Published: 2007
Total Pages: 264
ISBN-13: 900415230X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe "Alphabet of Nature" belongs to the debate over language that marked the transition from the pre-modern to the modern world. Involved were profound issues about the origin and nature of language that could lead authors like van Helmont to imprisonment and even death.