Letters on the laws of man's nature and development

Henry George Atkinson, Harriet Martineau

Henry George Atkinson (c.1812-c.1890), a free thinker and supporter of naturalism, published extensively on phrenology, mesmerism, and spiritualism. He became acquainted with the professional writer, political activist and radical philosopher Harriet Martineau (1802-76) in the 1840s, when she attributed her recovery from a long illness to mesmerism. Their correspondence was published in 1851, and promotes a radical form of atheistic naturalism, more extreme than that found in George Combe's best-selling Constitution of Man (also published in this series). It ranges widely over topics including the brain and the nervous system, matter and causation, superstition, theology and science. The book promotes the purity of natural law as superior to social customs and institutions, and reflects many concerns of the intelligentsia of the time, amongst whom it stirred up much controversy.

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[目次]

  • Preface
  • Mottoes
  • 1. Inquiry for a basis
  • 2. Proposal of a basis
  • 3. Preparation of the ground
  • 4. What is the brain?
  • 5. Inquiry about its structure
  • 6. Early days of phrenology
  • 7. Inquiry for new discoveries
  • 8. Methods of new discovery
  • 9. Illustrative cases
  • 10. Organic arrangement of the cerebrum
  • 11. Dr. Howe's report on idiocy
  • 12. The senses and nervous system
  • 13. Illustrative comment
  • 14. Facts about the senses under various conditions
  • 15. Raising questions
  • 16. Bacon, on matter and causation
  • 17. Nothing
  • 18. Knowledge and notions
  • 19. Release from notions
  • 20. Natural history of superstition
  • 21. Theology and science
  • 22. Central law and pervasive unity
  • 23. Position and privilege of truth-seekers
  • 24. Position and privilege of truth-speakers
  • Appendix.

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書名 Letters on the laws of man's nature and development
著作者等 Martineau, Harriet
Atkinson Henry George
シリーズ名 Cambridge library collection
出版元 Cambridge University Press
刊行年月 2009
ページ数 xii, 390 p.
大きさ 22 cm
ISBN 9781108004152
NCID BB02895628
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言語 英語
出版国 イギリス
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