Letter and the Cosmos: How the Alphabet Has Shaped the Western View of the World
Laurence N de Looze • University of Toronto Press • ISBN-13 978‑1442628533
Letter and the Cosmos: How the Alphabet Has Shaped the Western View of the World
Laurence N de Looze • University of Toronto Press
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ISBN-10: 1442628537 · ISBN-13: 978‑1442628533 · 2016
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Laurence N. de Looze examines the profound historical and philosophical impact of the alphabet on Western civilization. By tracing the evolution of writing systems from antiquity to the modern era, the author illustrates how the structural logic of letters has fundamentally shaped human perception, spatial organization, and the conceptualization of the cosmos itself.
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