Twelve lectures on the natural history of man : and the rise and progress of philosophy / by Alexander Kinmont, A.M. ; with a biographical sketch of the author.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kinmont, Alexander, 1799-1838, author.

Series:

Nineteenth Century Collections Online: Religion, Reform, and Society.

Nineteenth Century Collections Online: Religion, Reform, and Society

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Human beings.

Ethnology.

Phoenicians.

United States--Civilization.

United States.

Civilization.

Germanic peoples.

Religion and science.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (viii, 355 pages).

Place of Publication:

Cincinnati : U.P. James, 1839.

System Details:

text file

Contents:

Biographical sketch of the author

On man considered as a unit

On the limits and orders of nature

On language, its origin and use

St. Augustine and Baron Cuvier, or The meeting of the fifth and nineteenth centuries

On the predominance of the religious sentiment in the early ages

On ancient religion and modern science

On the origin and perpetuation of natural races of mankind

On the unity in variety of the human race

On the character of the ancient Germans

On the man of America, Spanish and English

On the arts and commerce of the Phoenicians

On the elements of American civilization.

Notes:

Reproduction of the original from the Lost Cause Press.

OCLC:

85890068