Essays on Physiognomy, Vol. 2: Calculated to Extend the Knowledge and the Love of Mankind (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

Inhaltsangabe

Excerpt from Essays on Physiognomy, Vol. 2: Calculated to Extend the Knowledge and the Love of Mankind

I admit, in the firfi place, that there is fomewhat of veracity in this aphorifm I (hall, however, attempt to prove, in a few words, that the phyfionomift may appear to be impofed on, and even that the more an adept he is, the, more he mutt feem to be mifiaken, though, in eti'eét, his conclufions be well fanftioned.

Thus, we allow, that the phyfionomifi is at times deceived We mull, however, maintain, that his mlflakes are decifive of nothing more than the confined nature of his intellect but it does not any way enfue, that the fcience is fallacious. To infer from the errors of the phyfionomifi, that phy fiognomy in general de ferves no confidence; 13 equivalent to afferting, that the human underfianding is an abfolute chimera, becaufe every reafonabie manimay chance at times to aét in oppofition to that reafcn.

About the Publisher

Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com

This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Die Inhaltsangabe kann sich auf eine andere Ausgabe dieses Titels beziehen.