Leibniz discovers Asia : social networking in the Republic of Letters /
"This is a work of literary history in which the author reconstructs the epistolary network of a German philologist and philosopher named Gottfried Leibniz and his extended coterie of far-flung correspondents who exchanged information and insights, by way of letters, about the emergent study of...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Baltimore :
Johns Hopkins University Press,
[2019]
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Colección: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Sumario: | "This is a work of literary history in which the author reconstructs the epistolary network of a German philologist and philosopher named Gottfried Leibniz and his extended coterie of far-flung correspondents who exchanged information and insights, by way of letters, about the emergent study of historical linguistics, as a means of retracing the origins of the various peoples of Europe. This book contributes to our understanding of the so-called international Republic of Letters in the early-modern period of Europe and the near East"-- |
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Descripción Física: | 1 online resource. |
Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
ISBN: | 9781421427546 1421427540 |