Der Verstand: Die Elemente der Erkenntniss: Die Zeichen, Die Bilder, Die Wahrnehmungen, Die physischen Bedingungen der psychischen Ereignisse; Die verschiedenen Arten der Erkenntniss: Von dem allgemeinen Mechanismus der Erkenntniss, Die Erkenntniss der Korper, Die Erkenntniss des Geistes, Die Erkenntniss der generellen Dinge.
Bonn: Verlag von Emil Strauss, 1880. Hard Cover. Near Fine / No Jacket. Item #2304869
Authorized German edition, after the third French edition. Pencil name and date on front endpaper.
Two volumes in one. 320; 370 pp. 8vo. German text, translated from the French by L. Siegfried. Taine was a French critic and historian, a chief influence in French naturalism, an advocate of sociological positivism, and an early historicist (perhaps the first). This works provides an analysis of the human mind, discussing brain physiology, knowledge, sense perceptions, images, etc.
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