Lazarus Geiger

Lazarus Geiger ( born May 21, 1829 in Frankfurt am Main, † August 29, 1870 ) was a German linguist and philosopher.

Geiger was the first bookseller and later studied classical philology at the universities of Marburg, Heidelberg and Bonn. Unlike his uncle Abraham Geiger, the pioneer of Reform Judaism, he was one of the followers of Orthodox Judaism in Germany. From 1861 until his death he was a teacher at the Philanthropin in Frankfurt am Main. In his major works (origin and development of human language and reason and the origin of language ), he sought, in addition to stone valley, apply the psychological- philosophical method to linguistic research.

Works

  • Origin and evolution of human language and reason. Stuttgart 1868-1872, 2 vols ( digitized Vol 1, Vol 2)
  • The origin of language. Stuttgart 1869 ( digitized )
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