Notes And Additions To Dr. D. Hartley's Observations On Man, Transl - Softcover

Herman Andrew Pistorius

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0461435209 ISBN 13: 9780461435207

Publisher: HardPress, 2021

Synopsis

Notes And Additions To Dr. D. Hartley's Observations On Man, Transl — Herman Andrew Pistorius. Notes and Additions is a translated, annotated edition of Hartley’s Observations on Man, brought into English from the German original and augmented with Pistorius’s own observations. The volume opens with a biographical sketch of Dr. Hartley, then provides extensive notes and additions to Hartley’s philosophical system. Pistorius engages Hartley’s arguments on the mind, sensation, memory, and the connections between natural and revealed religion, and then expands into Hartley’s theories of necessity, the proofs of God, the immateriality of the soul, the infinity of divine benevolence, free will, miracles, inspiration, and the ultimate end of mankind. The notes illuminate the broader intellectual milieu, including Newtonian influence and dialogues with contemporaries, while preserving a respectful, critical stance toward Hartley’s mechanistic psychology and its religious implications. This edition thus situates Hartley’s system within a wider debate about religion, morality, and human happiness, offering both scholarly explication and an interpretive life of its author.

Edition details

• Publisher: HardPress
• Publication date: 2021
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0461435209
• ISBN 13: 9780461435207
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 364