Includes bibliographical references (pages [355]-371) and index.
Contents
1. From Adam to Confusio linguarum -- 2. The Kabbalistic pansemioticism -- 3. The perfect language of Dante -- 4. The Ars magna of Raymond Lull -- 5. The monogenetic hypothesis and the mother tongues -- 6. Kabbalism and lullism in modern culture -- 7. The perfect language of images -- 8. Magic language -- 9. Polygraphies -- 10. A priori philosophical languages -- 11. George Dalgarno -- 12. John Wilkins -- 13. Francis Lodwick -- 14. From Leibniz to the Encyclopédie -- 15. Philosophic language from the Enlightenment to today -- 16. The international auxiliary languages -- 17. Conclusion.
