Man on His Nature

Zusammenfassung Drawing upon the writings of the sixteenth-century physician Jean Fernel! Sherrington assesses the usefulness of scientific progress as a frame for the development of natural theology. Fernel's views provide a historical perspective on more modern theories of life and mind! showing how radically views have changed over time. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface; 1. Nature and tradition; 2. The natural and superstition; 3. Life in little; 4. The wisdom of the body; 5. Earth's reshuffling; 6. A whole presupposed of its parts; 7. The brain and its work; 8. The organ of liaison; 9. Brain collaborates with psyche; 10. Earth's alchemy; 11. Two ways of one mind; 12. Conflict with nature; Index.

Product details

• Authors: Sherrington Charles Scott, Sherrington Sir Charles Scott, Charles Scott Sherrington, Charles Scott Sir Sherrington, Sir Charles Sherrington, Sir Charles Scott Sherrington
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 20.07.2009
• EAN: 9781108005241
• ISBN: 978-1-108-00524-1
• Dimensions: 140 mm x 216 mm x 26 mm
• Series: Print on demand; Cambridge Library Collection - Science and Religion
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; History of Ideas, POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory