Reviews
From the reviews:"This book is a fascinating addition to the ongoing reappraisal of the Enlightment, from new expositions of local contexts and scientific practice to reassessment of the realms of spirit and the flesh. … structured as a series of statements about the basis of human biological, social and spiritual life. … This book joins the analytical and biographical studies of recent years in broadening Linnaeus's intellectual life. Granting access to Linnaeus's philosophical musings about humanity, it reveals the strong urge to manage, scientifically, matters of morality." (William C. Kimler, British Journal of the History of Science, Vol. 38 (2), 2005), From the reviews: "This book is a fascinating addition to the ongoing reappraisal of the Enlightment, from new expositions of local contexts and scientific practice to reassessment of the realms of spirit and the flesh. 'e¦ structured as a series of statements about the basis of human biological, social and spiritual life. 'e¦ This book joins the analytical and biographical studies of recent years in broadening Linnaeus'e(tm)s intellectual life. Granting access to Linnaeus'e(tm)s philosophical musings about humanity, it reveals the strong urge to manage, scientifically, matters of morality." (William C. Kimler, British Journal of the History of Science, Vol. 38 (2), 2005), From the reviews: "This book is a fascinating addition to the ongoing reappraisal of the Enlightment, from new expositions of local contexts and scientific practice to reassessment of the realms of spirit and the flesh. … structured as a series of statements about the basis of human biological, social and spiritual life. … This book joins the analytical and biographical studies of recent years in broadening Linnaeus's intellectual life. Granting access to Linnaeus's philosophical musings about humanity, it reveals the strong urge to manage, scientifically, matters of morality." (William C. Kimler, British Journal of the History of Science, Vol. 38 (2), 2005), From the reviews: "This book is a fascinating addition to the ongoing reappraisal of the Enlightment, from new expositions of local contexts and scientific practice to reassessment of the realms of spirit and the flesh. ... structured as a series of statements about the basis of human biological, social and spiritual life. ... This book joins the analytical and biographical studies of recent years in broadening Linnaeus's intellectual life. Granting access to Linnaeus's philosophical musings about humanity, it reveals the strong urge to manage, scientifically, matters of morality." (William C. Kimler, British Journal of the History of Science, Vol. 38 (2), 2005), From the reviews:"This book is a fascinating addition to the ongoing reappraisal of the Enlightment, from new expositions of local contexts and scientific practice to reassessment of the realms of spirit and the flesh. structured as a series of statements about the basis of human biological, social and spiritual life. This book joins the analytical and biographical studies of recent years in broadening Linnaeus "s intellectual life. Granting access to Linnaeus "s philosophical musings about humanity, it reveals the strong urge to manage, scientifically, matters of morality." (William C. Kimler, British Journal of the History of Science, Vol. 38 (2), 2005)
