The Analytical Language of John Wilkins
"The Analytical Language of John Wilkins" (Spanish: "El idioma analítico de John Wilkins") is a short essay by Argentine writer Jorge Luis Borges, first printed in La Nación on 8 February 1942 and subsequently published in Otras Inquisiciones (1937–1952). It is a critique of the English natural philosopher and writer John Wilkins's proposal for a universal language and of the representational capacity of language generally. In it, Borges imagines a bizarre and whimsical fictional Chinese taxonomy later quoted by Michel Foucault, David Byrne, and others.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The Analytical Language of John Wilkins First edition of Otras Inquisiciones (1937–1952), published by Sur (Buenos Aires) in 1952 AuthorJorge Luis Borges Original titleEl idioma analitico de John Wilkins GenreCriticism, linguistics Published inLa Nación Publication date 1942 OCLC6362491 "The Analytical Language of John Wilkins" (Spanish: "El idioma analítico de John Wilkins") is a short essay by Argentine writer Jorge Luis Borges, first printed in La Nación on 8 February 1942[1][2] and subsequently published in Otras Inquisiciones…
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