Du Système social et des lois qui le régissent. (The Social System and the Laws that Govern It)

QUETELET, Adolphe

Verlag: Guillaumis Et C Libraries, Paris, 1848

QUETELET, Adolphe. Du Système social et des lois qui le régissent. Paris: Guillaumis Et C Libraries, 1848. 1 blank leaf + half-title + TP+ half-title + [vii] - xvi = preface + [i] - v = introduction + [7] - 360 + 1 blank leaf. Octavo. First Edition in original wrappers.Scarce first edition of this seminal work, Du Système social et des lois qui le régissent (The Social System and the Laws that Govern It) was printed by Guillaumis in a very small number of copies. "This work is inspired by the lessons that Quetelet gave to the princes of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. He studies social phenomena in their development. Continuation of his studies on man and on the social state (.), he takes up and completes his theory of the 'average man' and shows that the law of accidental causes is a general law which applies to individuals as well as to peoples (.) He lays the groundwork for a sociology and of a philosophy of history and considered this work as the outline of a new science" (Quetelet Exhibition, A.R. de Belgique, n° 72). Along with his most significant work, Sur l'homme et le developpement des ses facultes (item #8), Quetelet presents his revolutionary idea of "social physics" and challenges the notion of free-will. CONDITION: Very good to near fine in original publisher s printed wrappers. Very slight edge wear. Some wear to head of spine. Internally bright, fresh, and remarkably clean. MORE PHOTOS AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 827

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Titel: Du Système social et des lois qui le ...
Verlag: Guillaumis Et C Libraries, Paris
Erscheinungsdatum: 1848
Einband: Wraps
Zustand: Near fine
Auflage: First Edition.