ABSTRACT
The mention of Uranus and Saturn in the quotation indicates Jean-Pierre Brisset's need for a mythological stage between animals and humans. Uranus was indeed the most ancient of the Graeco-Roman gods. Brisset adduces proof from German. If for Brisset language is essentially static, given from near the outset, he can hardly not believe in corporal development, even if, as always, he rearranges it to suit his purposes. Brisset always mints alternative theology, linguistics, anthropology, which can be taken with varying amounts of salt. Brisset is interested exclusively in the origins and evolution of life, of consciousness, of language, and shows virtually no interest in the origins of the physical universe. It is undoubtedly far-fetched to bring together Charles Darwin's creatively traumatic discoveries re birds in the Galapagos Islands with Brisset's small-scale observation of frogs in his home area.
