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The Jewel (The Association for Scottish Literary Studies)

by Thomas Urquhart

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In 1652 Thomas Urquhart published his universal language proposal The Discovery of A most exquisite Jewel, more precious then Diamonds inchafed in Gold, the like whereof was never seen in any age; found in the kennel of Worcester-streets, the day after the Fight, and six before the Autumnal Aequinox, anno 1651. Included on the title page was the book's statement of purpose: To frontal a VINDICATION of the honour of SCOTLAND, from that Infamy, whereinto the Rigid Presbyterian party of that Nation, out of their Covetousness and ambition, most dissembledly hath involved it. The printer, or perhaps Urquhart, placed the emphasis on the words vindication and Scotland, but the real emphasis in this statement belongs on the word rigid, for rigidity, whether it be in religion, politics, science, philosophy, or particularly in language, is the central object of attack. Indeed, the book both in substance and in form is an argument for diversity of opinions, recognition of the inherent heterogeneity of ways of examining and ordering the world. As Urquhart comments: In my opinion truly, there is nothing more natural than variety; yea, and that sometimes with opposition. Perhaps more satiric than serious, Urquhart's theory of language stands as a critique of the then emerging scientific discourse, the discourse of empirical observation that has dominated the whole of western thought since the seventeenth century.

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