An Essay on Humanity to Animals

1798 book by Thomas Young
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An Essay on Humanity to Animals

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An Essay on Humanity to Animals is a non-fiction work[1]. It draws 6 Wikipedia views per month (non_fiction_work category, ranking #32 of 48).[2]

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  • An Essay on Humanity to Animals authored Q118341167[3].
  • An Essay on Humanity to Animals's image is recorded as An Essay on Humanity to Animals - Title page.png[4].
  • An Essay on Humanity to Animals's instance of is recorded as non-fiction work[5].
  • An Essay on Humanity to Animals's publisher is recorded as Cadell & Davies[6].
  • An Essay on Humanity to Animals's genre is recorded as Christian literature[7].
  • An Essay on Humanity to Animals's genre is recorded as essay[8].
  • An Essay on Humanity to Animals's genre is recorded as philosophy[9].
  • An Essay on Humanity to Animals's OCLC number is recorded as 1422462229[10].
  • An Essay on Humanity to Animals's Commons category is recorded as An Essay on Humanity to Animals[11].
  • An Essay on Humanity to Animals's language of work or name is recorded as English[12].
  • An Essay on Humanity to Animals's Libraries Australia ID is recorded as 1087913[13].
  • An Essay on Humanity to Animals's publication date is recorded as +1798-03-09T00:00:00Z[14].
  • An Essay on Humanity to Animals's Open Library ID is recorded as OL6000653M[15].
  • An Essay on Humanity to Animals's Internet Archive ID is recorded as bim_eighteenth-century_an-essay-on-humanity-to-_young-thomas_1798[16].
  • An Essay on Humanity to Animals's main subject is recorded as animal ethics[17].
  • An Essay on Humanity to Animals's main subject is recorded as Christian theology[18].
  • An Essay on Humanity to Animals's work available at URL is recorded as https://hdl.handle.net/2027/inu.30000114039799[19].
  • An Essay on Humanity to Animals's work available at URL is recorded as https://books.google.com/books?id=GehhAAAAcAAJ[20].
  • An Essay on Humanity to Animals's title is recorded as An Essay on Humanity to Animals[21].
  • An Essay on Humanity to Animals's first line is recorded as In offering to the public a book on Humanity to Animals, I am sensible that I lay myself open to no small portion of ridicule, independent of all the common dangers to which authors are exposed.[22].
  • An Essay on Humanity to Animals's last line is recorded as If anyone thinks that some things in this chapter are whimsical, or ridiculous, or over-refined, let him consider that a man who pursues his moral improvement rationally and resolutely, and who is aware of the manner in which our passions cheat us into vice, will be fain to take all advantages in his turn, and will do, and abstain from, many things for the sake of habit which in themselves are indifferent and unimportant; conscious that actions, whether good or bad, acquire to themselves a consequence, when considered in their relation to other actions, which would not have belonged to them in their private and independent capacity.[23].
  • An Essay on Humanity to Animals's English Short Title Catalogue ID is recorded as T171090[24].
  • An Essay on Humanity to Animals's copyright status is recorded as public domain[25].
  • An Essay on Humanity to Animals's copyright status is recorded as public domain[26].
  • An Essay on Humanity to Animals's WorldCat Entities ID is recorded as E39PCGrYPPm9th63RTB9mpXY8C[27].

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Works and Contributions

An Essay on Humanity to Animals authored Q118341167[3].

Why It Matters

An Essay on Humanity to Animals draws 6 Wikipedia views per month (non_fiction_work category, ranking #32 of 48).[2]

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