Open AccessOn the concept of humanistic base texts
Author(s) -
Linnart Mäll
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
sign systems studies
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.17
H-Index - 7
eISSN - 1736-7409
pISSN - 1406-4243
DOI - 10.12697/sss.2000.28.15
Subject(s) - humanism , estonian , buddhism , base (topology) , philosophy , linguistics , epistemology , sociology , philology , literature , art , theology , mathematics , feminism , gender studies , mathematical analysis
I elaborated the concept of humanistic base texts when I was translating lndian and Chinese classical texts into Estonian. At present, I would classify as such the following works: "Bhagavadgītā", a part of Buddhist text's, "Lunyu" by Confucius and the Gospels according to Luke, Matthew and Mark, to mention only a few. This article gives a general survey of the concept, to be specified in the papers to follow.