The constitution of man : considered in relation to external objects
著者
書誌事項
The constitution of man : considered in relation to external objects
（Cambridge library collection, . Religion）
Cambridge University Press, 2009
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注記
"This digitally version published 2009"--T.p. verso
Reprint. Originally published: Edinburgh : John Anderson, 1828
Includes bibliographical references
内容説明・目次
内容説明
The Scotsman George Combe (1788-1858) was an energetic and vocal promoter of phrenology, natural philosophy, and secularism, who rose from humble origins to tour widely in Europe and the United States and become a best-selling author. His most famous book, The Constitution of Man, was published in 1828, and had sold approximately 350,000 copies, distributed by over 100 publishers, by 1900. It put forward Combe's version of naturalism, and was hugely influential - perhaps more so even than Charles Darwin - in changing popular understanding of the place of humanity in the natural order, as subject to natural laws (physical, organic and moral). Combe's essay illustrates the relations between these laws with a view to the improvement of education and the regulation of individual conduct. It stirred up enormous controversy for decades after its publication, and is central to the understanding of the philosophical and scientific debates of the Victorian period.
目次
- Preface
- 1. On natural law
- 2. Of the constitution of man, and its relations to external objects
- 3. To what extent are the miseries of mankind referable to infringements of the laws of nature?
- 4. On the combined operation of the natural laws
- Appendix.
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