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<p>This volume combines Rousseau's essay on the origin of diverse languages with Herder's essay on the genesis of the faculty of speech. Rousseau's essay is important to semiotics and critical theory, as it plays a central role in Jacques Derrida's book <i>Of Grammatology</i>, and both essays are valuable historical and philosophical documents.</p>
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- Author
- translated, with afterwords, by John H. Moran and Alexander Gode
- Publisher
- Chicago: University of Chicago Press
- Published
- 1986
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780226730127
- Category
- philosophy
- Subjects
- Language Learning, Literary Fiction, Fiction
- Rating
- 3.5 / 5 (107 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
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