Physiognomische Fragmente, zur Beforderung der Menschenkenntniss und Menschenliebe, Johann Caspar Lavater's four volume work published 1775 to 1778, is the primary text that brought physiognomy, reading character from facial features, to its widest European audience. Its strength is that it is the primary founding text itself, confirmed against multiple independent bibliographic listings for its dates and volumes. Its limit is that it is a proponent's own theoretical statement rather than independent scientific evaluation, and physiognomy's claims have since been discredited by later science, which a reader should keep in view.
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Johann Caspar Lavater's Physiognomische Fragmente, 1775 to 1778, the top tier reflecting the primary founding text itself, confirmed against multiple independent bibliographic listings for its dates and volumes. Its limit is that it is a proponent's own theoretical statement rather than independent scientific evaluation, and physiognomy's claims have since been discredited by later science. NotesFour-volume work, 1775-1778, that brought physiognomy to its widest European audience.
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AuthorJohann Caspar Lavater
Publication Year1775
Source Typeprimary-text
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