This is Volume 2 of ten the selected works of I.A. Richards from 1919 to 1938. This book is a study of the difficulties and the influence of language upon thought and the study of that influence, a new avenue of approach to traditional problems hitherto regarded as reserved for the philosopher and the metaphysician, has been found.

Edited by John Constable

Editorial Introduction The Meaning of Meaning Prefaces 1. Thoughts, Words, and Things 2. The Power of Words 3. Sign-Situations 4. Signs in Perception 5. The Canons of Symbolism 6. The Theory of Definition 7. The Meaning of Beauty 8. The Meaning of Philosophers 9. The Meaning of Meaning 10. Symbol Situations