A philosophicall essay for the reunion of the languages : $b or, The art of knowing all by the mastery of one

by Pierre Besnier

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Produced by David Starner, Keith Edkins and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team

Release date

2005-04-18

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Public domain in the USA.

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https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/15649

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Language and languages -- Philosophy -- Early works to 1800 P

About the author

Pierre Besnier

1648–1705

A French Jesuit and man of letters, he is remembered for his gift for languages and for a bold 1674 attempt to show how many tongues could be learned through a single system. His life carried him far from Tours to Constantinople, where he died in 1705.

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