Los "Caractères de Botanique" de Jean-Jacques Rousseau

  1. Calderón Quindós, Fernando 1
  1. 1 Universidad de Valladolid
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    Universidad de Valladolid

    Valladolid, España

    ROR https://ror.org/01fvbaw18

Journal:
Cuadernos de estudios del siglo XVIII

ISSN: 1131-9879

Year of publication: 2020

Issue: 30

Pages: 125-135

Type: Article

DOI: 10.17811/CESXVIII.30.2020.125-135 DIALNET GOOGLE SCHOLAR lock_openOpen access editor

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Abstract

The 18th century was fertile ground for the elaboration of theories of the origin of language, also for the elaboration of scientific nomenclatures. Our proposal tries to point out the value of Jean-Jacques Rousseau's contribution to it in the field of botanical language. Geneva philosopher created a universal transcription system based on the manufacture of free ideation ideographs, up to an approximate total of 1,000 characters. Arranged in several lists preserved in the Bibliothèque Publique et Universitaire de Neuchâtel, these characters have barely deserved the attention of scholars.

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