History of Materialism, Vol. 2 of 3

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Excerpt from History of Materialism, Vol. 2 of 3: And Criticism of Its Present Importance The physician David Hartley published in the year I 749 a work in two volumes which made a great sensation. It' bore the singular title, Observations on Man, his Frame, his Duty, and his Expectations. By these were meant chie¿y our expectations' in the life to come. The book contains a physiological, or one might even call it a psy chological section, and a theological section, and it was the latter that caused most excitement. Hartley was a master of theological questions. 'the son of a clergyman, he would have devoted himself to this profession, but that doubts as to the Thirty-nine Articles drove him into medicine. He did not' favour Hobbism' in religious matters therefore, or such doubts would scarcely have been entertained. In his work we see where he hesitated, he defends the miracles, asserts the authority of the Bible, deals at great length with the life after death, but he doubts thbe eternity of punishment! This struck at the roots of hierarchy, and threw the dark shadow of heresy over all the rest of his doctrines. 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.