A System of Phrenology (Classic Reprint)Fb&c Limited, 21 lip 2017 - 604 Excerpt from A System of Phrenology If weinquire what progress has hitherto been made ln ascertaining the primitive mental powers, and ren dering the philosophy of man interesting and practi cally useful to persons of ordinary understanding, we shall find a lamentable deficiency indeed. From the days of aristotle to the present time, the most powerful intellects have been directed with the most persevering industry, to this department of science, and system after system has flourished, fallen, and been forgotten, in rapid and melancholy succession. To confine our attention to modern times, 'dr reid overturned the philosophy of locke and hume. 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. |
