An Essay on the Causes of the Variety of Complexion and Figure in the Human Species
Samuel Stanhope Smith
In 1787 Samuel Stanhope Smith, President of Princeton University, published an oration on the essential equality of human races; in 1810, he expanded it into this book. Vitally concerned with the oneness of mankind, Smith defended the concept of unified creation embodied in the Book of Genesis and argued that the physical and mental differences among men were caused by environment and were not innate. His attempt to utilize empirical evidence in what had been primarily a theological issue stands out, as the editor makes clear, as a harbinger of a momentous change in Western cultural attitudes.
Рік:
1965
Видавництво:
Belknap Press
Мова:
english
Сторінки:
358
ISBN 10:
0674866320
ISBN 13:
9780674866324
Файл:
PDF, 7.74 MB
IPFS:
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english, 1965