ELEMENTARY OR FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLES OF PHILOSOPHY OF NATURAL HISTORY

by Burkhard, I.G.; Smith, Charles, trans

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NY:: Deare & Andrews,, 1804. Hardcover; Phoenix Society / Hamilton College (NY) bookplates; no card pocket or spine marks/label; oversewed into worn leather-covered boards with better-than-usual library-taped spine; gold-pen-lettered; curiously--top edge of book block has waterstain but no stain inside; otherwise good.. Dr. Burkhard, Pastor of German Lutheran Church, London, wrote to refute claims by `some philosophers' that work of Linnaeus, Buffon, Swammerdam, et al. shows that Man is but another animal. He examined all aspects of animals--their characteristics, structure, senses, instincts--relating these to Man, showing that all living things are integral parts of the Creator's whole plan of life--that all creatures have feeling & should be treated with `esteem & humanity'--but that Man, by virtue of mental powers & Reason, has a higher destination & dignity.