Trait des animaux ou apr s avoir fait des observations critiques sur le sentiment de Descartes & sur celui de M. de Buffon, on entreprend dÕexpliquer leurs principales facult s. On a joint cet ouvrage un extrait raisonn du trait des sensationsÉ

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Refuting the mechanistic views of animals expounded by Buffon and Descartes, ÒCondillac distinguished between the sensitivity of animals and the intellect of men largely on grounds of the superiority of the information conveyed by the human sense of touch. It is not this part of his doctrine that seems the most impressive historically, however. It is rather that his theory of language as the syntax of experience united philosophical empiricism with the account of behavior (later called utilitarian) that explained it by the preference for pleasure over painÓ (Charles C. Gillispie in D.S.B.). Twelvemo. vii, [1], 232 pp. Contemporary mottled calf, gilt spine with light brown morocco label, edges stained red. Binding extremities rubbed, small splits at joints, but cords sound. A good, clean copy. First edition of one of the key works of Condillac (1714-80), French follower of Locke and Newton. The present work is a sequel to CondillacÕs most important work, Trait des sensations (1754) and a significant contribution to the literature surrounding the eighteenth-century controversy as to whether animals have souls. Cioranescu 20315. Qu rard II, 267. Tchemerzine III, 474. N° de ref. del artículo 13462

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