Comparative mythology and religion

Chips from a German Workshop, Volume 4: Essays Chiefly on the Science of Language

Name: Chips from a German Workshop, Volume 4: Essays Chiefly on the Science of Language
Author: F. Max Müller

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This volume is a collection of lectures and papers centered on philology. It explores the evolution of speech, the relationship between language and thought, and the intersections between comparative philology and ancient mythology. It includes major lectures delivered at the Royal Institution.

Also known asEssays Chiefly on the Science of Language

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EditionLongmans, Green, and Co., London

Comparative MythologyComparative ReligionCreation MythsMythologyHistory of Religionsritual documentationComparative study of religious phenomenaMoral philosophy and ethicsPhilology

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Contents40 chapters

01CHIPS FROM A GERMAN WORKSHOP.
02VOL. IV.
03CHIPS FROM
04A GERMAN WORKSHOP.
05VOLUME IV. ESSAYS CHIEFLY ON THE SCIENCE OF LANGUAGE WITH INDEX TO VOLS III. AND IV.
06CONTENTS OF FOURTH VOLUME.
07I. INAUGURAL LECTURE, ON THE VALUE OF COMPARATIVE PHILOLOGY AS A BRANCH OF ACADEMIC STUDY.
08NOTES.
09II. REDE LECTURE, DELIVERED IN THE SENATE HOUSE BEFORE THE UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE, ON FRIDAY, MAY 29, 1868.1
10Part I. ON THE STRATIFICATION OF LANGUAGE.
11Part II. ON CURTIUS’ CHRONOLOGY OF THE INDO-GERMANIC LANGUAGES.
12III. ON THE MIGRATION OF FABLES. A LECTURE DELIVERED AT THE ROYAL INSTITUTION, ON FRIDAY, JUNE 3, 1870.
13APPENDIX.
14NOTES.
15IV. ON THE RESULTS OF THE SCIENCE OF LANGUAGE. INAUGURAL LECTURE, DELIVERED IN THE IMPERIAL UNIVERSITY OF STRASSBURG, MAY 23, 1872.
16NOTES.
17V. WESTMINSTER LECTURE. ON MISSIONS.1
18NOTES.
19THE END AND THE MEANS OF CHRISTIAN MISSIONS.
20ON THE VITALITY OF BRAHMANISM.
21VII. OPENING ADDRESS.
22NOTES.
23VIII. LIFE OF COLEBROOKE.1
24APPENDIX.
25IX. MY REPLY TO MR. DARWIN.
26X. IN SELF-DEFENSE.
27INDEX Chapters V-IX only
28INDEX
29INDEX Volume IV only
30INDEX Volumes III and IV
31Transcriber’s Notes
32THE FULL PROJECT GUTENBERG LICENSE
33"Cover"
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