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Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS vii
3. PREFACE: Choice, Then Order, Then Chance, Finally Only Light ix
4. 1 GOD 1
5. 2 PLATO 5
6. 3 ARISTOTLE 8
7. 4 MARCUS TERENTIUS VARRO 11
8. 5 ROGER BACON 15
9. 6 DESCARTES 21
10. 7 ANTOINE ARNAULD and CLAUDE LANCELOT 25
11. 8 SIR WILLIAM JONES 29
12. 9 HERMANN OSTHOFF and E. KARL BRUGMANN 32
13. 10 FERDINAND DE SAUSSURE 36
14. 11 BERTRAND RUSSELL 39
15. 12 MARTIN JOOS 44
16. 13 ROMAN JAKOBSON 48
17. 14 JOSEPH GREENBERG 52
18. 15 ERIC H. LENNEBERG 56
19. 16 NIELS JERNE 61
20. 17 NOAM CHOMSKY 65
21. FINALE 69
22. POSTSCRIPT 71
23. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 73
24. NOTES 75
25. BIBLIOGRAPHY 77