Semiotics and epistemology Character (symbol)

from esoteric or mystical meanings, modern learned authors abstracted notion of character code or hierarchical system embodied knowledge or of reality, or written representation of philosophical language recover true names lost in confusion of tongues.

this idea had currency kind of epistemological philosophers stone century, mid 17th century, francis lodwick (1642) , john wilkins s essay towards real character, , philosophical language (1668), later 18th century , encyclopédie in long entry under heading charactère, d alembert critically reviewed such projects of past century.