SAGGI DI FISICA

FIRST ITALIAN TRANSLATION.

8vo, pp. 118 (first leaf blank); some spotting and dustoiling in places throughout; in the original printed orange wrappers; somewhat worn, but still an attractive copy.

Uncommon Italian translation of Johann Georg's Sulzer's Versuch einiger Moralischen Betrachtungen über die Werke der Natur, which had first appeared in Berlin in 1745.

Seeking to draw lessons about moral philosophy from the physical sciences, Sulzer reflects on the scale of the universe, the ordering of natural phenomena, the ways in which apparent disorder can be explained, and various mysteries of nature, as well as the analogies that can be drawn between the nourishment of the body and that of the soul.

Sulzer (1720-1779) began his career as a mathematician, before becoming more interested both in the physical sciences and in philosophy. He is probably best known now for his works on aesthetics, notably his Allgemeine Therie der schönen Künste (1771-74). Although he had published works on subjects ranging from Swiss antiquarianism to comets, the present work is his first substantial philosophical work.

OCLC records no copies outside Italy.