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XX.—Philosophy of Language

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 July 2012

J. S. Blackie
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The Universe, as we have it, is an organised system of rational or reasonable forces and forms; of which the former are the product of the plastic, self-energising, productive power within, the latter the external presentation or manifestation of that power.

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Research Article
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Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of The Royal Society of Edinburgh , Volume 32 , Issue 2 , November 1884 , pp. 343 - 357
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Copyright © Royal Society of Edinburgh 1884

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page 352 note * Since this paper was read I have seen Professor Legge of Cambridge, who expressed himself decidedly of opinion that the ideographic writing of the Chinese acts as a hindrance to the rich development of the spoken language.