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Ankh156 A very illuminating book. The first part about the search for the roots of language in the pre-Babylon 'adamic' language was the best bit for me. Foll…moreA very illuminating book. The first part about the search for the roots of language in the pre-Babylon 'adamic' language was the best bit for me. Following the renaissance, it becomes a historical account of attemps to create purposed 'auxiliary' languages such as philosophical or international idioms like Esperanto. The pre-renaissance part of the story dredges up all sorts of classical and medeival notions, dripping with Kaballah and magic(k). His exposition of Ramon Lull's 'Ars Combinandi' is particularly interesting. Bravo Mæstro !(less)

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