Judith Flanders-Place For Everything, A

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JUDITH FLANDERS A Place for Everything The Curious History of Alphabetical Order ?he aspects of things that are most important for us are hidden because of their simplicity and familiarity . . . We fail to be struck by what, once seen, is most striking and most powerful.?? LUDWIG WITTGENSTEIN Philosophical Investigations, 禮129 In memory of my grandmother Doris K. Morrison Who loved a good tidy-up Contents List of Illustrations Acknowledgements Preface 1. A is for Antiquity: From the Beginning t…