Physiognomy: A Practical and Scientific Treatise; Being a Manual of Instruction in the Knowledge of the Human Physiognomy and Organism, Considered ... and Mathematically (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

Excerpt from Physiognomy: A Practical and Scientific Treatise; Being a Manual of Instruction in the Knowledge of the Human Physiognomy and Organism, Considered Chemically, Architecturally, and Mathematically

Each age has added its contributions to our knowledge of Physiognomy, and if these contributions have not given us heretofore a correct system, at once practical and scientific, they have maintained an interest and a belief in this science. This interest and belief have served as a beacon-light, which has flashed far down the ages made brilliant by the works of the most renowned philosophers and literates. Among the Grecians, Aristotle wrote extensively on this subject. Pliny, Cicero, and others of ancient Rome, found this science Worthy of their consideration; while, later in the advancing centu ries, we find Petrus d'abbano lecturing on Physignomy be fore the students of the University of Paris. After him followed the renowned Avicenna, Averroes, Michael Scott, and the Italian sculptor and naturalist, J. Baptista Porta, the discoverer of the camera obscura. Later still, many German, French, English, and American observers left their writings among us to be added to and built upon. Lavater, in 1801, wrote numerous volumes on the subject, Copiously illustrated, in which he had the assistance of some of the best artists in Europe. It is through his works, and from. His associations, that this science is best known to modern students. His purity of life and high position (he having been an eloquent clergyman, pastor of St. Peter's Church at Zurich) placed Physiognomy on a footing of credibility.. His works are what he named them Fragments-merely, without system and largely impractical. His efforts, like those of his predecessors, have assisted in continuing the belief and interest in the science.

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