Of the Origin and Progress of Language, Volume 1

J. Balfour, Edinburgh; and T. Cadell, London, 1774 - 590 pages

Introduction	1

Ch	5

Ch	11

Of capacitiespowershabitsand faculties	12

That man does not by nature form ideas Di	42

Of the formation of ideas	53

Of abftra ideas That there are ideas which	86

Of perfect and imperfect ideas Of the ideas	94

Of the progrefs of civil fociety That this pro	361

Authorities in fupport of this opinion concern	367

Of the caufes which give rife to civil fociety	382

What dangers made men affociate for the fake	398

Anfwer	405

Objection anſwered That there could be no	415

Objection That the law of nature as it is treat	428

Anſwer to the objection That this fyftem	437

Of Platos peculiar notion concerning the exiſt	110

That ideas are formed by the mind not natu	135

Continuation of the fubject Ideas of reflection	151

That ideas of external objects are not from	160

Conclufion of the fubjet of ideas General	175

That articulation is not natural to man	184

That language is not natural to man proved	201

Introduction	207

Ch	217

Of the Orang Outang The account Buffon	270

Continuation of the fubject General rules	313

воок	456

Of the feveral methods of communication in uſe	461

Whether there might not be a language of	469

General obfervations upon the firſt languages	482

Ch	489

Of the matter of the firſt languages That	499

Of the formal part of barbarous languages	514

The preceeding theory illuftrated by examples	532

Progrefs of the barbarous languages towards	539

Several queftions concerning the first langua	574

Title	Of the Origin and Progress of Language, Volume 1 Volume 48 of English Linguistics, 1500-1800: Facsimile Reprints Volume 48, Issues 1-6 of English linguistics 1500-1800 Of the Origin and Progress of Language, Lord James Burnet
Author	James Burnet
Publisher	J. Balfour, Edinburgh; and T. Cadell, London, 1774
Original from	Ghent University
Digitized	Apr 16, 2008
ISBN	3487405849, 9783487405841
Length	590 pages

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