Mind In The Lower Animals In Health And Disease Vol 1 Classic Reprint PDF Download

Excerpt from Mind in the Lower Animals, in Health and Disease, Vol. 1 A variety of considerations seems to me to render it desirable that I should explain shortly the circumstances under which the following work has been written. On the one hand, for instance, the value of an author's opinion on a given subject necessarily depends on his qualifications for forming and expressing an opinion; which qualifications include the natural bias of his mind, the direction in which his mental qualities have been cultivated, the nature and extent of his opportunities for observation, with the degree to which he has availed himself of his opportunities, the extent and variety of his teaching - in other words, his special experience and aptitude in the investigation of the said subject. On the other hand, the subject of Mind in the Lower Animals is one that has from time immemorial been regarded, if not studied, from the most different points of view, and one that will doubtless continue to be so regarded. Theologians, metaphysicians, psychologists, physiologist, naturalists, physicians, veterinarians, philosophers so called of the most diverse views and feelings, naturally and necessarily approach such a subject actuated by the most conflicting motives and opinions, by prejudice the most unreasonable, by ignorance the most profound. Now, I have studied the subject of mind in other animals as compared with that of man, for a series of years, simply as a physician-naturalist. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.