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a system of mental philosophy, for the general reader
"A knowledge of themselves ought to have a paramount place in the education of the youth of both sexes. This seems to be a proposition which only requires to be heard in order to be admitted. "Know thyself," is a justly celebrated saying of one of the ancient sages of Greece. As we are embodied spirits, this knowledge branches into two parts: physiology, the knowledge of our bodies; and psychology, the knowledge of our minds. It is beginning to be confessed that some information concerning the natural and healthy development of the body ought to form a part of a thorough education. Our ability to discharge the active duties and enjoy the true pleasures of life depends on the state of the health. This is endangered by ignorance of the common laws of our bodily frame, and of the mode in which they are to be applied for the preservation of health and the prevention as far as possible of disease. A few lessons on these topics would be of immense value to the inexperienced girls or boys in their school days: for the lessons obtained by personal experience are all too costly, and often come too late. A still farther degree of instruction would be of essential benefit to those who are about to enter upon married life and become parents, both for their own guidance and for the proper management of their children"--Preface. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved).