Hermes: Or, A Philosophical Inquiry Concerning Language and Universal GrammarA study in philosophical grammar and linguistics. This is Harris's most famous work, much admired by his contemporaries, and one of the most important linguistic works of the 18th century. Harris was known to both Boswell and Johnson, and also to Joshua Reynolds. Lowth called Hermes "the most beautiful and perfect example of analysis exhibited since Aristotle." Alston III, 810. |
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