THE NATURE OF MAN: Studies In Optimistic Philosophy

Metchnikoff, Elie. English translation edited by P. Chalmers Mitchell

Verlag: William Heinemann / G.P. Putnam's Sons, London / New York, 1903

Beschreibung

1st edition thus, 1903. Good+. Royal octavo., 309 pp., bound in publishers burgundy cloth with titles in gilt on spine. Overall mild soiling to covers; tips, edges and spine rubbed. Front and rear hinges starting; Text is clean and unmarked except for an occasional spot here and there. The work begins with a historical sketch showing that while natural philosophers in all ages have sought the foundation of morality in human nature itself and have held human nature to be good, many religious doctrines, especially Buddhism and Christianity, have depreciated the body as compared with the soul. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 30568

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Titel: THE NATURE OF MAN: Studies In Optimistic ...

Verlag: William Heinemann / G.P. Putnam's Sons, London / New York

Erscheinungsdatum: 1903

Einband: Hardcover

Zustand: Good+

Auflage: 1st edition.