The letter and the cosmos : how the alphabet has shaped the Western view of the world by De Looze, Laurence

Table of Contents: “…Introduction -- Ancient Greek letters -- Latin letters and the enduring influence of Roman scripts -- Christian letters : the middle ages -- The letters of humanism -- Baroque variations and the search for a universal language -- Logical letters : the alphabet in the age of reason -- The alphabets of the industrialized world -- From modern experiments to post-modern experiences -- Into the new millennium.…”


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