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HARTLEY'S THEORY OF THE HUMAN MIND, on the principle of the Association of Ideas; with essays relating to the subject of it.
by PRIESTLEY, Joseph. THE HASKELL F. NORMAN COPY.:
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About This Item
London, J. Johnson, 1775.. FIRST EDITION 1775. 8vo, approximately 220 x 125 mm, 8½ x 5 inches, pages: lxii, iv, 372, plus (4) - catalogue of Priestley's works and errata, bound in full contemporary sprinkled calf, double ruled gilt border to covers, raised bands and gilt rules to spine, gilt lettered morocco label, all edges speckled red. Slight chipping to head and tail of spine, 25 mm (1") cracked at top of hinges, just starting to crack at bottom, corners slightly worn, cardboard just showing at tips, endpapers browned at edges, H. F. Norman MD bookplate on front pastedown, title page lightly browned and very lightly foxed, last 4 pages of text and catalogue lightly foxed, otherwise contents clean, binding tight and firm. A very good copy of the first edition. See Hook & Norman, The Haskell F. Norman Library of Science & Medicine, Volume II, page 631, No. 1751; Christies The Haskell F. Norman Library of Science and Medicine, Part II, Lot 734. Joseph Priestley (1733 –1804) was an English chemist, philosopher, dissenting clergyman, and educator. He made important contributions in the fields of education, moral philosophy, theology, metaphysics, political economy, history and science. He is known for his investigations of carbon dioxide and the co-discovery, with Antoine Lavoisier, of oxygen. As a young man at Daventry academy Priestley read David Hartley's Observations on Man (1749), a long psychological, philosophical and theological treatise that builds on the ideas of Locke and Isaac Newton. Later he wrote that it was the book most responsible for opening his mind to new ideas and claimed that he learned more from this text than from any other, save the Bible. When Priestley was made aware of how few people were really familiar with Hartley's ideas, he took it upon himself to prepare a severely redacted edition of Observations on Man for the public which would contain some explanatory essays. It is this work, Hartley's Theory of the Human Mind that finally made Priestley's ideas regarding association popular. MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING, ALL ZOOMABLE, FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST.
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- Roger Middleton
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- Title
- HARTLEY'S THEORY OF THE HUMAN MIND, on the principle of the Association of Ideas; with essays relating to the subject of it.
- Author
- PRIESTLEY, Joseph. THE HASKELL F. NORMAN COPY.:
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
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- Binding
- Hardcover
- Place of Publication
- London, J. Johnson, 1775.
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- PHILOSOPHY PSYCHOLOGY THEOLOGICAL HUMAN MIND David Hartley Observations on Man Science Haskell f. Norman library
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