Pictet, the cousin of the biologist Francois Jules Pictet, is well known for his research in the field of comparative linguistics. He played a crucial formative role in the development of Ferdinand de Saussure; "it was Pictet who introduced the thirteen-year-old Saussure to the theoretical foundations of Indo-European linguistics."[1] But he was also "a dedicated champion of German Romanticism and idealist philosophy":
Like French, English, and Russian Romantics since the beginning of the century, he made a journey to Germany, where he became acquainted with A. W. Schlegel (with whom he maintained an important correspondence over the course of many years), Goethe, Hegel, Schleiermacher, and Schelling. ... In the spirit of earlier wars between “romantics” and “classics” (a little outmoded by the 1850s), Pictet envisioned Romanticism, with its embrace of pluralism and freedom of invention, as standing in sharp opposition to Classicism, the embodiment of systemic compactness and uniformity.[2]
Pictet "represented the first, Romantic generation of historical linguists, for whom the history of language went hand in hand with the history of the material and spiritual being of the people who spoke it"; his magnum opus was Origines indo-européennes: Essaie de paléontologie linguistique (1859–63), a "monumental attempt, in the tradition of Friedrich Schlegel and Jakob Grimm, to reconstruct the whole world of the proto-Indo-Europeans."[3]
^Boris Gasparov, Beyond Pure Reason: Ferdinand De Saussure's Philosophy of Language and Its Early Romantic Antecedents (Columbia University Press, 2012; ISBN0231157800), p. 18.
^(PDF). The Royal Society of Edinburgh. July 2006. ISBN0-902-198-84-X. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2017-12-24.
Worksedit
De l'affinité des langues celtiques avec le Sanscrit[1] (1837)
Du beau dans la nature (2nd ed. 1875)
Les origines indo-européennes ou les Aryas primitifs : essai de paléontologie linguistique.[2] 3 vols. Paris: Joël Cherbuliez, 1859–1863 (republished 1878).
External linksedit
(in French) Biography in the Pictet Family Archives 2016-02-08 at the Wayback Machine
^Adolphe Pictet (1837). De l'affinite des langues celtiques avec le sanscrit par Adolphe Pictet (in French). National Central Library of Florence. Duprat.
^Pictet, Adolphe (1799-1875) Auteur du texte (1859). Les origines indo-européennes, ou Les Aryas primitifs : essai de paléontologie linguistique / par Adolphe Pictet,...{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
January 01, 1970
adolphe, pictet, september, 1799, december, 1875, swiss, linguist, philologist, ethnologist, 1824, portrait, firmin, massot, pictet, cousin, biologist, francois, jules, pictet, well, known, research, field, comparative, linguistics, played, crucial, formative,. Adolphe Pictet 11 September 1799 20 December 1875 was a Swiss linguist philologist and ethnologist Adolphe Pictet 1824 portrait by Firmin Massot Pictet the cousin of the biologist Francois Jules Pictet is well known for his research in the field of comparative linguistics He played a crucial formative role in the development of Ferdinand de Saussure it was Pictet who introduced the thirteen year old Saussure to the theoretical foundations of Indo European linguistics 1 But he was also a dedicated champion of German Romanticism and idealist philosophy Like French English and Russian Romantics since the beginning of the century he made a journey to Germany where he became acquainted with A W Schlegel with whom he maintained an important correspondence over the course of many years Goethe Hegel Schleiermacher and Schelling In the spirit of earlier wars between romantics and classics a little outmoded by the 1850s Pictet envisioned Romanticism with its embrace of pluralism and freedom of invention as standing in sharp opposition to Classicism the embodiment of systemic compactness and uniformity 2 Pictet represented the first Romantic generation of historical linguists for whom the history of language went hand in hand with the history of the material and spiritual being of the people who spoke it his magnum opus was Origines indo europeennes Essaie de paleontologie linguistique 1859 63 a monumental attempt in the tradition of Friedrich Schlegel and Jakob Grimm to reconstruct the whole world of the proto Indo Europeans 3 Contents 1 Life 2 Notes 3 Works 4 External linksLife editHe was born in Geneva on 11 September 1799 the son of Charles Pictet de Rochemont 4 Notes edit Boris Gasparov Beyond Pure Reason Ferdinand De Saussure s Philosophy of Language and Its Early Romantic Antecedents Columbia University Press 2012 ISBN 0231157800 p 18 Gasparov Beyond Pure Reason pp 18 19 Gasparov Beyond Pure Reason p 19 Biographical Index of Former Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 1783 2002 PDF The Royal Society of Edinburgh July 2006 ISBN 0 902 198 84 X Archived from the original PDF on 2016 03 04 Retrieved 2017 12 24 Works editDe l affinite des langues celtiques avec le Sanscrit 1 1837 Du beau dans la nature 2nd ed 1875 Les origines indo europeennes ou les Aryas primitifs essai de paleontologie linguistique 2 3 vols Paris Joel Cherbuliez 1859 1863 republished 1878 External links edit in French Biography in the Pictet Family Archives Archived 2016 02 08 at the Wayback Machine Daniel Maggetti Adolphe Pictet in German French and Italian in the online Historical Dictionary of Switzerland 2010 02 08 Adolphe Pictet 1837 De l affinite des langues celtiques avec le sanscrit par Adolphe Pictet in French National Central Library of Florence Duprat Pictet Adolphe 1799 1875 Auteur du texte 1859 Les origines indo europeennes ou Les Aryas primitifs essai de paleontologie linguistique par Adolphe Pictet a href Template Cite book html title Template Cite book cite book a CS1 maint numeric names authors list link Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Adolphe Pictet amp oldid 1213228953, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
