VIII. The Speculative Powers of Language

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter 1
2. Preface 5
3. TABLE OF CONTENTS 7
4. Introduction 11
5. PART I. LANGUAGE AND INDIVIDUAL CONSCIOUSNESS
6. I. Hegel on the Study of Languages 15
7. II. Signification: The Primary Expression of Consciousness 22
8. III. Language and Consciousness in the Phänomenologie des Geistes 42
9. PART II. LANGUAGE AND COLLECTIVE CONSCIOUSNESS
10. IV. Reason, Language and the Spirit of a People 59
11. V. Language as the Medium of Culture and Morality 78
12. PART III. LANGUAGE AND ABSOLUTE SPIRIT
13. VI. Art and Language 101
14. VII. The Spoken Word 122
15. VIII. The Speculative Powers of Language 136
16. IX. Philosophy and Language 156
17. Conclusion 175
18. Appendix 185
19. Selected bibliography 190
20. Index 195
21. Backmatter 199