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Court de Gébelin presented dictionaries of etymology, what he called a universal grammar, and discourses on the origins of language. His volumes were so popular he republished them separately, as ''Histoire naturelle de la parole, ou Précis de l'Origine du Langage & de la Grammaire Universelle'' ("Natural History of Speech, or a Treatise on the Origins of Language and of Universal Grammar"), in Paris, 1776.
Court de Gébelin presented dictionaries of etymology, what he called a universal grammar, and discourses on the origins of language. His volumes were so popular he republished them separately, as ''Histoire naturelle de la parole, ou Précis de l'Origine du Langage & de la Grammaire Universelle'' ("Natural History of Speech, or a Treatise on the Origins of Language and of Universal Grammar"), in Paris, 1776.


With regard to mythology and symbology, he discussed the origins of allegory in antiquity and recreated a history of the calendar from civil, religious, and mythological perspectives.
With regard to mythology and symbology, he discussed the origins of allegory in antiquity and recreated a history of the [[Gregorian calendar|calendar]] from civil, religious, and mythological perspectives.


==Tarot==
==Tarot==

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