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Critique of Pure Verbiage: Essays on Abuses of Language in Literary, Religious and Philosophical Writings
Paperback / softback
Main Details
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Critique of Pure Verbiage: Essays on Abuses of Language in Literary, Religious and Philosophical Writings
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| Authors and Contributors |
By (author) Ronald Englefield
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Edited by G.A. Wells
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Edited by D.R. Oppenheimer
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| Physical Properties |
| Format:Paperback / softback | | Pages:140 | | Dimensions(mm): Height 229,Width 152 |
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| Category/Genre | Philosophy of language |
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| ISBN/Barcode |
9780812691085
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| Classifications | Dewey:400 |
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| Audience | | Undergraduate | | Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly | |
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| Illustrations |
index, bibliography
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Publishing Details |
| Publisher |
Open Court Publishing Co ,U.S.
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| Imprint |
Open Court Publishing Co ,U.S.
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| Publication Date |
26 March 2002 |
| Publication Country |
United States
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Description
These essays may at first give the impression of being no more than hatchet jobs in which Thomas Carlyle, Benedetto Croce, T.S. Eliot, Martin Heidegger, Immanuel Kant, Bishop John A.T. Robinson, John Ruskin, Gilbert Ryle, A.N. WHitehead and others are taken to task for various linguistic imbecilities. In fact the author's purpose lies not so much in putting down the mighty from their seats as in dissecting some common types of worthless writing. The lessons he draws - founded on the theory of human thought and behaviour he propounded in his two earlier (posthumously published) books - have wider applications.
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