SIBBERN, FREDERIK CHRISTIAN.
Menneskets aandelige Natur og Væsen (part 1) (+) Menneskets aandelige Natur og Væsen. Psykologisk Pathologie (part 2).
Kiøbenhavn, Gyldendal, 1819 & 1828.
8vo. In a nice recent half calf binding with gilt lettering to spine. Ex-libris (Carl Henrik Koch, Danish professor in philosophy) pasted on to pasted down front end-paper. Internally brownspotted and with occassional underlignings in pencil. Two quires reinforced in margin. (III)-XX, 339, (2), XVIII, 480, (2) pp.
Rare first edition edition Sibbern’s landmark work in which embraced the philosophical discipline of psychology, separating it from earlier more speculative traditions and establishing a more empirically oriented study of the soul. Here he developed a psychology of emotional life based on observation and examples drawn from both reality and poetry. Frederik Christian Sibbern (1785–1872) was a prominent Danish philosopher, poet, and academic associated with the Danish Golden Age. He played a key role in the intellectual and cultural life of Denmark during the 19th century.
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