Observations on Man Hartley Paperback Cambridge University Press 9781108063616

Observations on Man\n\nHis Frame, his Duty, and his Expectations\n\nPublished in 1749, Hartley's two-volume analysis of human nature, blending philosophy and psychology, influenced scientists, theologians, social reformers and poets.\n\nDavid Hartley (Author)\n\n9781108063616, Cambridge University Press\n\nPaperback, published 31 October 2013\n\n488 pages\n21.6 x 14 x 2.8 cm, 0.62 kg\n\nThe orphaned son of an Anglican clergyman, David Hartley (1705\u201357) was originally destined for holy orders. Declining to subscribe to the Thirty-Nine Articles, he turned to medicine and science yet remained a religious believer. This, his most significant work, provides a rigorous analysis of human nature, blending philosophy, psychology and theology. First published in two volumes in 1749, Observations on Man is notable for being based on the doctrine of the association of ideas. It greatly influenced scientists, theologians, social reformers and poets: Samuel Taylor Coleridge, who named his eld]