Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases
Classified and Arranged so as to Facilitate the Expression of Ideas and Assist in Literary Composition
As a boy he stumbled upon a remarkable discovery-that compiling lists of words could provide solace, no matter what misfortunes may befall him.- Joshua Kendall, The Man Who Made Lists (2008)Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases (1852) emerged from Roget's obsession with words and lists into a reference that was one of the first of its kind to document synonyms and antonyms for thousands of words. This book was created with six classes and within each, subdivisions and sections. Roget based his system of organization on the work of Aristotle and Liebniz, a German polymath. Roget's goal for the book was to help those struggling to find the rig…
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- ISBN: 978-1-64679-436-2
- EAN: 9781646794362
- Produktnummer: 37132844
- Verlag: Cosimo Classics
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 1856
- Seitenangabe: 546 S.
- Masse: H21.6 cm x B14.0 cm x D3.1 cm 761 g
- Abbildungen: Paperback
- Gewicht: 761
Über den Autor
DR. PETER MARK ROGET (1779-1869) was born in London, England, to a family who struggled with mental illness, to the point of institutionalization and suicide. To create order, Roget began making lists at age eight, compiling 15,000 words in his first edition of the Thesaurus, which was published after his retirement from practicing medicine.
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