Title: The nature of man studies in optimistic philosophy /
Authors: Metchnikoff, Elie, 1845-1916.
Publisher: Putnam,
Year: 1908
Subjects: Human beings.; Human beings.
Contents: Introduction: summary of opinions on the nature of man -- Harmonies and disharmonies amongst beings inferior to man -- Simian origin of man -- Disharmonies in the organisation of the digestive system of man -- Disharmonies in the organisation and activities of the reproductive apparatus: disharmonies in the family and social instincts -- Disharmonies in the instinct of self-preservation -- Religious attempts to combat the ills arising from the disharmonies of the human constitution -- Attempts in systems of philosophy to remedy the ills arising from the disharmonies of the human constitution -- What science can do against disease -- Introduction to the scientific study of old age -- Introduction to the scientific study of death.