Monday, September 07, 2015

 

Two Types of Philologists

Jacob Grimm (1785-1863), "Rede auf Lachmann," Kleinere Schriften, Bd. I: Reden und Abhandlungen (Berlin: Ferd. Dümmler, 1864), pp. 145-162 (at 150; my translation):
One can divide all philologists, who have been successful, into those who pursue words for the sake of things, or things for the sake of words.

Man kann alle philologen, die es zu etwas gebracht haben, in solche theilen, welche die worte um der sachen, oder die sachen um der worte treiben.



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