Of productive germs and the immortal soul : Friedrich Schlegel’s writings on language and early biological theory
- Friedrich Schlegel's lasting contribution to linguistics is usually seen in the impact that his book "Über die Sprache und Weisheit der Indier" from 1808 left on comparative linguistics and on the study of Sanskrit. Schlegel was one of the first European scholars to have studied Sanskrit extensively and he made a number of translations of Sanskrit literature into German which make up one third of "Über die Sprache und Weisheit der Indier". Schlegel's book is widely regarded as a founding document both of comparative linguistics and of indology, a fact which is quite remarkable in light of the development of Schlegel's thought after this text. His interest in Indian studies ceased more or less directly with the publication of this work, while his thoughts on language became more and more suffused by transcendental philosophy.
Author: | Michael EggersGND |
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URN: | urn:nbn:de:hebis:30-1155245 |
Parent Title (German): | Figurations of Knowledge - Documentation of Conference Papers. Zentrum für Literatur- und Kulturforschung |
Publisher: | Zentrum für Literatur- und Kulturforschung |
Place of publication: | Berlin |
Document Type: | Conference Proceeding |
Language: | English |
Year of Completion: | 2008 |
Year of first Publication: | 2008 |
Publishing Institution: | Universitätsbibliothek Johann Christian Senckenberg |
Release Date: | 2010/06/14 |
GND Keyword: | Schlegel, Friedrich von |
Page Number: | 11 |
Note: | Preprint, später in: Figurations of Knowledge - Documentation of Conference Papers. Zentrum für Literatur- und Kulturforschung. - Berlin: 2008 |
Source: | http://www.zfl.gwz-berlin.de/fileadmin/bilder/Projekte/slsa/Languages_Eggers.pdf ; (in:) Figurations of Knowledge - Documentation of Conference Papers. Zentrum für Literatur- und Kulturforschung. - Berlin: 2008 |
HeBIS-PPN: | 228185572 |
Dewey Decimal Classification: | 4 Sprache / 40 Sprache / 400 Sprache |
Sammlungen: | Germanistik / GiNDok |
Linguistik | |
BDSL-Klassifikation: | 02.00.00 Deutsche Sprachwissenschaft (in Auswahl) / BDSL-Klassifikation: 02.00.00 Deutsche Sprachwissenschaft > 02.02.00 Studien |
Licence (German): | Deutsches Urheberrecht |