traité animaux après fait observations von condillac etienne bonnot (7 Ergebnisse)

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Amsterdam et Paris, Chez Ch. Ant. Jombert, 1766 ; in-12, VII + 200 pp., plein veau marbré de l'époque, dos lisse orné à faux nerfs, filet sur les coupes, tranches rouges (infime frottement à une encoche de la coiffe supérieure). Seconde édition. Agréable exemplaire, bien conservé. 1766.

Amsterdam et Paris, de bure & Ch. Ant. Jombert, 1755. In-12, plein veau de l'époque, dos à nerfs orné de caissons fleuronnés, pièce de titre de maroquin rouge, vii, (1), 232 p. Edition originale. Dans cette systématisation de son 'Traité des systèmes', Condillac réfute les doctrines de Descartes et de Buffon sur la psychologie animale et soumet à la même méthode empirique la question de l'origine des facultés chez les animaux. Il livre, en contrepoint, ses théories sur la place de l'homme, la supériorité de la raison, la connaissance de Dieu et la possession de la loi morale. (Corpus Condillac, 01, p. 182. G. Kaucher, 'Les Jombert', n°206. Tchemerzine-Scheler, II, 480). Petit accroc de papier en marge p. 77-78. Coiffes et coins usés, mors fendillés.

First edition of this study of animal intelligence by one of the leading figures of the French Enlightenment, in a well-preserved contemporary binding. Etienne Bonnot de Condillac (1715-1780), a radical empiricist philosopher, was, after Voltaire, the leading exponent of John Locke in 18th-century France. His network variously included such figures as Diderot, Helvetius, and Rousseau. In the Traité, Condillac extends his adaptation of Lockean empiricism to focus on the difference between God's relationship with humans and with animals. As this implies, Condillac's tract is as concerned with the intelligence of humans as it is with that of animals. In particular, he concludes that, in contrast to humans, the inability of animals to comprehend moral laws, and their corresponding inability to obey God knowingly, precludes the immortality of their souls. Duodecimo (160 x 97 mm). Contemporary mottled calf, spine with raised bands, red morocco label, compartments with floral decoration in gilt, covers panelled in blind, marbled endpapers, edges red, green silk bookmarker. Engraved 19th-century bookplate of one "Lvdovici Hvmberti et amicorum" to front pastedown; 18th-century unlettered armorial bookplate. Light wear to one corner, a couple of spots of browning to endpapers, otherwise fresh, small loss to upper outer corner of T8: an excellent copy.