# The nature of man

Author: Metchnikoff, Elie, 1845-1916; Mitchell, P. Chalmers (Peter Chalmers), Sir, 1864-1945 [Translator]

Genre: Category: Philosophy & Ethics

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/75505

Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=The+nature+of+man+Metchnikoff&tag=cyberlibrar00-20

## Summary

Importance of the study of the nature of man—The nature of man as the foundation of morality—Greek worship of human nature—Matriopathy of ancient philosophers—Rationalism of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries—Degradation of human nature by religious doctrines—Influence of these conceptions on actual life and on art—Reaction of the Reformation against the degradation of human nature—Mutilation of the human body by primitive races

## Chapters

- [CHAPTER XII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-nature-of-man-75505/chapters/28/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VIII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-nature-of-man-75505/chapters/23/index.md)
- [CHAPTER V](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-nature-of-man-75505/chapters/19/index.md)
- [CHAPTER X](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-nature-of-man-75505/chapters/26/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-nature-of-man-75505/chapters/22/index.md)
- [CHAPTER IX](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-nature-of-man-75505/chapters/25/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VI](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-nature-of-man-75505/chapters/20/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XI](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-nature-of-man-75505/chapters/27/index.md)
- [CHAPTER II](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-nature-of-man-75505/chapters/16/index.md)
- [CHAPTER III](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-nature-of-man-75505/chapters/17/index.md)
- [CHAPTER IV](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-nature-of-man-75505/chapters/18/index.md)
- [CHAPTER I](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-nature-of-man-75505/chapters/15/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-nature-of-man-75505/chapters/14/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-nature-of-man-75505/chapters/8/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VI](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-nature-of-man-75505/chapters/6/index.md)
- [CHAPTER III](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-nature-of-man-75505/chapters/3/index.md)
- [CHAPTER IV](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-nature-of-man-75505/chapters/4/index.md)
- [CHAPTER V](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-nature-of-man-75505/chapters/5/index.md)
- [CHAPTER X](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-nature-of-man-75505/chapters/12/index.md)
- [CHAPTER II](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-nature-of-man-75505/chapters/2/index.md)
- [CHAPTER IX](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-nature-of-man-75505/chapters/11/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VIII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-nature-of-man-75505/chapters/9/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XI](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-nature-of-man-75505/chapters/13/index.md)
- [CHAPTER I](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-nature-of-man-75505/chapters/1/index.md)
- [PART II](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-nature-of-man-75505/chapters/7/index.md)
- [PART II](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-nature-of-man-75505/chapters/21/index.md)
- [PART III](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-nature-of-man-75505/chapters/10/index.md)
- [PART III](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-nature-of-man-75505/chapters/24/index.md)