{"product_id":"letters-on-the-laws-of-mans-nature-and-development-paperback-9781108004152","title":"Letters on the Laws of Man's Nature and Development (Paperback \/ softback) 9781108004152","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eLetters on the Laws of Man's Nature and Development\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eRadical philosopher Martineau and phrenologist Atkinson discuss human nature, mesmerism, clairvoyance and atheistic naturalism in this 1851 publication.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eHenry George Atkinson (Author), Harriet Martineau (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781108004152, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 20 July 2009\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e408 pages\u003cbr\u003e21.6 x 14 x 2.3 cm, 0.52 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHenry 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.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003e Mottoes\u003cbr\u003e 1. Inquiry for a basis\u003cbr\u003e 2. Proposal of a basis\u003cbr\u003e 3. Preparation of the ground\u003cbr\u003e 4. What is the brain?\u003cbr\u003e 5. Inquiry about its structure\u003cbr\u003e 6. Early days of phrenology\u003cbr\u003e 7. Inquiry for new discoveries\u003cbr\u003e 8. Methods of new discovery\u003cbr\u003e 9. Illustrative cases\u003cbr\u003e 10. Organic arrangement of the cerebrum\u003cbr\u003e 11. Dr. Howe's report on idiocy\u003cbr\u003e 12. The senses and nervous system\u003cbr\u003e 13. Illustrative comment\u003cbr\u003e 14. Facts about the senses under various conditions\u003cbr\u003e 15. Raising questions\u003cbr\u003e 16. Bacon, on matter and causation\u003cbr\u003e 17. Nothing\u003cbr\u003e 18. Knowledge and notions\u003cbr\u003e 19. Release from notions\u003cbr\u003e 20. Natural history of superstition\u003cbr\u003e 21. Theology and science\u003cbr\u003e 22. Central law and pervasive unity\u003cbr\u003e 23. Position and privilege of truth-seekers\u003cbr\u003e 24. Position and privilege of truth-speakers\u003cbr\u003e Appendix.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: History of ideas [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on History of ideas\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22History%20of%20ideas%20%5BJFCX%5D%22\"\u003eJFCX\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46265908625688,"sku":"9781108004152","price":33.78,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9781108004152i_811a6916-8f2b-44f3-a20b-0c552cb5156e.jpg?v=1694867210","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/letters-on-the-laws-of-mans-nature-and-development-paperback-9781108004152","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}