The Human Will : A series of posthumous essays on moral accountability, the legitimate object of punishment & the powers of the will
Cincinnati: The Office of The Dial, 1860.
Hardcover. Good with no dust jacket. Item #8946
Library stamps/marks/labels/pocket, spine taped, new endpapers, light tidemark in upper margins and some text - not affecting legibility, wear. Solid hardcover.; "In it his distinction, beyond the production of a clear, simple and logical essay on a much confused subject, is, that he shows that so far from Necessity annihilating responsibility, as is alleged, Necessity alone makes responsibility possible." - Memoir. Contents: Memoir; Moral Accountability; The Human Will. Posthumous work on moral philosophy by the leading American meteorologist of his time.; Ex-Library; 95 pages.
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