Download or read book The Alphabet of Nature written by Franciscus Mercurius Van Helmont and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2007 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The "Alphabet of Nature" belongs to the debate over language that marked the transition from the pre-modern to the modern world. Involved were profound issues about the origin and nature of language that could lead authors like van Helmont to imprisonment and even death.