Book/etymology

Famous quotes containing the words book and/or etymology:

“What good is a book that does not even transport us beyond all books?”
—Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900)

“The universal principle of etymology in all languages: words are carried over from bodies and from the properties of bodies to express the things of the mind and spirit. The order of ideas must follow the order of things.”
—Giambattista Vico (1688–1744)