---
title: 'The Origin of Language'
type: pdf
hasMedia: true
requiresPurchase: false
authors:
- 'Isidor Loewenthal'
date: 1852-07-01
collection: 'Archives'
subcollection: '19th century'
topics:
- 'Natural Theology'
- 'Philosophy (General)'
scriptures:
- 'Genesis 2'
url: https://confessional.org/archives/19th-century/loewenthal-1852-the-origin-of-language
---

# The Origin of Language

Essay reviewing historical and philosophical debates on the origin of language—divine gift versus human invention or instinct—citing Plato, Humboldt, Suessmilch and other writers.

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