Empiricism and Natural Philosophy by Petrus Camper,
translated into English by Jacob van Sluis, Ph.D. and Miriam Claude Meijer, Ph.D.

New unabridged translations of Petrus Camper’s essays into American English.

Table of Contents

1. “Biography of Petrus Camper” (1791) by his son, Adriaan Gilles Camper, trans. by Meijer from into
2. “On the Best World” (#137), trans. by Van Sluis from into
3. “Introduction to Philosophy” (#137), trans. by Van Sluis from into
4. “On Certainty in Medicine” (#4), trans. by Van Sluis from into
5. “On the Remarkable Analogy between Plantshoots and Animals” (#17), trans. by Van Sluis from into
6. “Oration on Beauty” (ms.), trans. by Van Sluis from into
7. “On the Excellence of Mankind over all other Animals” (ms.), trans. by Meijer from into
8. “On the Folly of Most Natural History Amateurs to be Satisfied with the Division in Classes and Genera and the Absurdity which Lies in Linnaeus’s System” (#27), trans. by Meijer from into
9. “Investigation on Whether the Art of Judging Human Character from Exterior Appearance Could be Further Perfected” (#47), trans. by Meijer from into
10. “Facial Angle” (#118), trans. by Meijer from into
11. “On the Points of Similarity between the Human Species, Quadrupeds, Birds, and Fish; with Rules for Drawing, founded on this Similarity” (#119a), trans. by Meijer from into
12. “On the Passions” (#119b), trans. by Meijer from into
13. “On Physical Beauty” (#119c), trans. by Meijer from into plus graphics
14. “On the Best Form of Shoe” (#92), trans. by Meijer from into

Authors

Jacob van Sluis

Miriam Claude Meijer