The constitution of man considered in relation to external objects / [George Combe].

  • George Combe
Date:
1847
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    respect, there 1s nothing new under the sun. The only novelty in this work respects the relations which ac- knowledged truths hold to each other. Physical laws of nature, affecting our physical condition, as well as regulating the whole material system of the universe, are universally acknowledged to exist, and constitute the elements of natural philosophy and chemical sci- ence: Physiologists, medical practitioners, and all who take medical aid, admit the existence of organic laws : And the sciences of government, legislation, education, indeed our whole train of conduct through life, pro- ceed upon the admission of laws in morals. Accord- ingly, the laws of nature have formed an interesting subject of inquiry to philosophers of all ages ; but, so far as [am aware, no author has hitherto attempted to point out, in a systematic form, the relations between those laws and the constitution of Man; which must, nevertheless, be done, before our knowledge of them can be beneficially applied. Dr Spurzheim, in his ‘‘ Philosophical Principles of Phrenology,” adverted to the independent operation of the several classes of natural laws, and pointed out some of the consequences of this doctrine, but without entering into detailed elucidations. The great object of the following trea- tise is to exhibit the constitution of Man, and its re- lations to several of the most important natural laws, with a view to the improvement of education, and the regulation of individual and national conduct. But although my purpose is practical, a theory of
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