Rens Bod is a professor at the Institute for Logic, Language and Computation at the University of Amsterdam. He has published extensively on linguistics and the history of the humanities.

• Preface ; 1. Introduction: The Quest for Principles and Patterns ; 2. Antiquity: The Dawn of the 'Humanities' ; 3. Middle Ages: The Universal and the Particular ; 4. Early Modern Era: The Unity of the Humanities ; 5. Modern Era: The Humanities Renewed ; 6. Conclusions: Insights from the Humanities that Changed the World ; Appendix A. A Note about Method ; Appendix B. Most Important Chinese Dynasties

A New History of the Humanities amounts to a persuasive plea to give Panini, Valla, Bopp, and countless other often overlooked intellectual giants their rightful place next to the likes of Galileo, Newton, and Einstein.

Rens Bod is a professor at the Institute for Logic, Language and Computation at the University of Amsterdam. He has published extensively on linguistics and the history of the humanities.

• Preface ; 1. Introduction: The Quest for Principles and Patterns ; 2. Antiquity: The Dawn of the 'Humanities' ; 3. Middle Ages: The Universal and the Particular ; 4. Early Modern Era: The Unity of the Humanities ; 5. Modern Era: The Humanities Renewed ; 6. Conclusions: Insights from the Humanities that Changed the World ; Appendix A. A Note about Method ; Appendix B. Most Important Chinese Dynasties

A New History of the Humanities amounts to a persuasive plea to give Panini, Valla, Bopp, and countless other often overlooked intellectual giants their rightful place next to the likes of Galileo, Newton, and Einstein.

Rens Bod is a professor at the Institute for Logic, Language and Computation at the University of Amsterdam. He has published extensively on linguistics and the history of the humanities.

• Preface ; 1. Introduction: The Quest for Principles and Patterns ; 2. Antiquity: The Dawn of the 'Humanities' ; 3. Middle Ages: The Universal and the Particular ; 4. Early Modern Era: The Unity of the Humanities ; 5. Modern Era: The Humanities Renewed ; 6. Conclusions: Insights from the Humanities that Changed the World ; Appendix A. A Note about Method ; Appendix B. Most Important Chinese Dynasties

A New History of the Humanities amounts to a persuasive plea to give Panini, Valla, Bopp, and countless other often overlooked intellectual giants their rightful place next to the likes of Galileo, Newton, and Einstein.