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Quote: Wilkins published a Universal Character in 1668 through the Royal Society; a massive hierarchical classification of ideas and synonyms
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Wilkins's Essay towards a Real Character and a … was published in 1668 [Wilkins, J., London]. Wilkins's book was … the outcome of the general seventeenth-century interest in … [p. 405] Thus [Wilkins] says that a universal language … does agree', and that for this a 'just … is required. Part II of the Essay is … of synonyms or near synonyms, at the lowest … a dictionary of English words is supplied leading … found. Google-1 Google-2
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