Copy 1, Volume 1

Of the origin and progress of language / [Anon].

  • James Burnett, Lord Monboddo
Date:
1774-1792
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Of the origin and progress of language / [Anon]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    lated by Eufebius, in his P raepar atio Evan- gelica, lib. I o. cap. 1 o./>. 491.; and al fo by Pro- clus the philofopher, in his commentary upon the Timaeus of Plato, p. 30.; who informs us, at the fame time, that Callifthenes and Phanodemus averred the contrary of this, viz. That the Saites were a colony of the Athenians; and he mentions Atticus, a Platonic philofopher of later times, who fays, that Theopompus, through envy, in¬ verted the {lory. And he adds, that in At- ticus’s time there came certain perfons from Sais to Athens to renew their relation and connexion with the Athenians f. From all thefe accounts, one thing ap¬ pears to be evident, that there was a con¬ nexion betwixt the Saites and Athenians, and that either the Saites were a colony of the Athenians, or the Athenians of the Saites. Now, I think the learned reader f As this work ofProclus is not in the hands of every body, I have excerpted the padage, which runs thus:_ i ovg Oi ociovg ls.eeXhiG'dzvjrjg ^cjsv y.cci 0xvooyj^cog Zueclz^xg T&JV X&iTaiv Is-logvrt yivsrOec t. ®u>7rop7rog Sg ccv*7rcc\iv zzioiKovt [leg* ocTroizovs'] ccviai etveu tym. Athxog, o HXec]»vixcg9 d',CC UcCC/CCiV ICCV, pt{\at7T0 171<7CCI TYjV ITl 0 *{CiV TOV © Z07VCf/.— %cr stt’ ecvlov yx% ttQixtrfat nvccg zx r»55 'Luzag co'ccvzovtuf vovg T)jv zr^cg A6nveiiovg Qjfyzy&iecv. Vol I. S f