04074nam 2200493 450 991079320330332120240102235740.00-8229-8630-2(MiAaPQ)EBC5709853(CKB)4100000007655005(EXLCZ)99410000000765500520190302d2015 uy 0engurcnu||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierLogodaedalus word histories of ingenuity in early modern Europe /Alexander Marr... [et al.]Pittsburgh, Pa. :University of Pittsburgh Press,20151 Recurso online0-8229-4541-X Includes bibliographical references and index.Machine generated contents note: Table of Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Note on conventions -- Introduction -- Chapter 1: Latin Genius, Ingenium -- Chapter 2: Italian Genio, Ingenio -- Chapter 3: Spanish Ingenio, Agudeza -- Chapter 4: French Engin, Esprit Naturel, Génie -- Chapter 5: German and Dutch Art/Aerd, Sinnlichkeit/sinnrij, Geest/Gemut -- Chapter 6: English Genius, Ingenuity, Wit, Cunning -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index."Before Romantic genius, there was ingenuity. Early modern ingenuity defined every person--not just exceptional individuals--as having their own attributes and talents, stemming from an "inborn nature" that included many qualities, not just intelligence. Through ingenuity and its family of related terms, early moderns sought to understand and appreciate differences between peoples, places, and things in an attempt to classify their ingenuities and assign professions that were best suited to one's abilities. Logodaedalus, a prehistory of genius, explores the various ways this language of ingenuity was defined, used, and manipulated between 1470 and 1750. By analyzing printed dictionaries and other lexical works across a range of languages--Latin, Italian, Spanish, French, English, German, and Dutch--the authors reveal the ways in which significant words produced meaning in history and found expression in natural philosophy, medicine, natural history, mathematics, mechanics, poetics, and artistic theory.<BR />"--Provided by publisher."Before Romantic genius, there was ingenuity. Early modern ingenuity defined every person--not just exceptional individuals--as having their own attributes and talents, stemming from an "inborn nature" that included many qualities, not just intelligence. Through ingenuity and its family of related terms, early moderns sought to understand and appreciate differences between peoples, places, and things in an attempt to classify their ingenuities and assign professions that were best suited to one's abilities. Logodaedalus, a prehistory of genius, explores the various ways this language of ingenuity was defined, used, and manipulated between 1470 and 1750. By analyzing printed dictionaries and other lexical works across a range of languages--Latin, Italian, Spanish, French, English, German, and Dutch--the authors reveal the ways in which significant words produced meaning in history and found expression in natural philosophy, medicine, natural history, mathematics, mechanics, poetics, and artistic theory"--Provided by publisher.Language and languagesEtymologyLexicographyLanguage and languagesEtymologyLexicographyResearchEuropeIntellectual lifeLanguage and languagesEtymologyLexicography.Language and languagesEtymologyLexicographyResearch.412SCI075000bisacshMarr Alexander1978-1237994Garrod RaphaëleMarcaida José RamónOosterhoff Richard J.MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQUGRBOOK9910793203303321Logodaedalus3691266UNINA