1991
Words to the Wise
February 1991

“Words to the Wise,” Friend, Feb. 1991, 26

Words to the Wise

By Barbara Bambiger

Philosophers over the centuries have depended on words to express their ideas. Use the secret code to discover which language each of these philosophers used.

Secret code

  1. Ralph Waldo Emerson __ __ __ __ __ __ __

  2. Gottfried Leibniz __ __ __ __ __ __

  3. Emanuel Swedenborg __ __ __ __ __ __ __

  4. Aristotle __ __ __ __ __

  5. Baruch Spinoza __ __ __ __ __

Answers:

  • (1) English, (2) German, (3) Swedish, (4) Greek, (5) Dutch.