Benjamin Rush- Essays Literary, Moral, And Philosophical
Second addition, with additions. Multiple essays by Rush and containing printing of some of his most important pamphlets.
From Catalog II
Rush's collected occasional writings, serving as the best single introduction to him as a public intellectual. The essay "Influence of Physical Causes upon the Moral Faculty" is among the most important theoretical documents in the collection: Rush's argument that moral behavior is shaped by physical conditions (diet, climate, exercise, social environment) and is therefore susceptible to physical intervention. This is the theoretical foundation for the entire reform project -- temperance, penal reform, educational reform -- that the previous chapters document. The physician's authority extends to social policy because the body is a political object.
Date
1798 — First Edition
Author / maker
Rush, Benjamin
Condition
front board starting but intact, some pages fragile. Original binding with “Rush’s Essays” on red leather label on spine
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