Comparative mythology and religion

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

F. Max Müller1875Vol. 4 of 5
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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
This edition1875
EditionLongmans, Green, and Co., London
Comparative MythologyComparative ReligionCreation MythsMythologyHistory of Religionsritual documentationComparative study of religious phenomenaMoral philosophy and ethicsPhilology

Contents40 chapters

  1. 01CHIPS FROM A GERMAN WORKSHOP.
  2. 02VOL. IV.
  3. 03CHIPS FROM
  4. 04A GERMAN WORKSHOP.
  5. 05VOLUME IV. ESSAYS CHIEFLY ON THE SCIENCE OF LANGUAGE WITH INDEX TO VOLS III. AND IV.
  6. 06CONTENTS OF FOURTH VOLUME.
  7. 07I. INAUGURAL LECTURE, ON THE VALUE OF COMPARATIVE PHILOLOGY AS A BRANCH OF ACADEMIC STUDY.
  8. 08NOTES.
  9. 09II. REDE LECTURE, DELIVERED IN THE SENATE HOUSE BEFORE THE UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE, ON FRIDAY, MAY 29, 1868.1
  10. 10Part I. ON THE STRATIFICATION OF LANGUAGE.
  11. 11Part II. ON CURTIUS’ CHRONOLOGY OF THE INDO-GERMANIC LANGUAGES.
  12. 12III. ON THE MIGRATION OF FABLES. A LECTURE DELIVERED AT THE ROYAL INSTITUTION, ON FRIDAY, JUNE 3, 1870.
  13. 13APPENDIX.
  14. 14NOTES.
  15. 15IV. ON THE RESULTS OF THE SCIENCE OF LANGUAGE. INAUGURAL LECTURE, DELIVERED IN THE IMPERIAL UNIVERSITY OF STRASSBURG, MAY 23, 1872.
  16. 16NOTES.
  17. 17V. WESTMINSTER LECTURE. ON MISSIONS.1
  18. 18NOTES.
  19. 19THE END AND THE MEANS OF CHRISTIAN MISSIONS.
  20. 20ON THE VITALITY OF BRAHMANISM.
  21. 21VII. OPENING ADDRESS.
  22. 22NOTES.
  23. 23VIII. LIFE OF COLEBROOKE.1
  24. 24APPENDIX.
  25. 25IX. MY REPLY TO MR. DARWIN.
  26. 26X. IN SELF-DEFENSE.
  27. 27INDEX Chapters V-IX only
  28. 28INDEX
  29. 29INDEX Volume IV only
  30. 30INDEX Volumes III and IV
  31. 31Transcriber’s Notes
  32. 32THE FULL PROJECT GUTENBERG LICENSE
  33. 33"Cover"
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