Lot 1158
1158
PHILOSOPHY -- (HEMSTERHUIS, F.). Aristée ou de la divinité. Paris (= Haarlem or The Hague), 1779. (1), x, 208 pp. W. 4 etchings. 12°. Later h. vellum w. yellow letterpiece, spine w. gilt dec. & lettering, marbled sides, large paper (as all copies), partly unopened, includes (usually lacking) blank leaf *1. (Margins slightly age-toned but a very charming, neat, tight copy).
"In 'Aristée' Hemsterhuis, who originally believed in a personal God, is converted to a clear pantheism. God's omnipresence is the basis of man's relation with him, and it is mainly thanks to the moral principle, as the "moral organ" is called in later years, that man is able to come nearer to God." Encycl. of Phil. III, p. 474. - First edition, printed for private circulation only. Stoddard 9.€ 200
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