 ... is an historical science. Language is here treated simply as a means. The classical scholar uses Greek or Latin, the oriental scholar Hebrew or Sanskrit, or any other language, as a key to an understanding of the literary monuments which by-gone ages...  Comparative philology. From the Edinb. review - Page 5by Comparative philology - 1851Full view - About this book
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...— HUMBOLDT, Kosmos, vol. ii. p. 142. 1851. Difference between Philology and Comparative Philol. 299 languages spoken by man. Its first task, therefore,...progress of mankind. Although the study of grammar is a canditio sine qua non with every scholar, yet the highest aim of a Greek or Latin grammar does not... | |
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