‎SCHUBERT, GOTTHILF HEINRICH.‎
‎Ansichten von der Nachteile der Naturwissenschaft. Mit 2 Kupfertafeln. Neubearbeitete und wohlfeilere Auflage.‎

‎Dresden, Arnoldischen Buichhandlung, 1818. Uncut in orig. blue wrappers, part of printed titlelabel preserved. VI,410 pp. and 2 large folded astronomical plates. One plate with a small tear (no loss) and a faint dampstain to plates Textleaves clean.‎

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‎Scarce enlarged edittion of Schubert's anti-materialistic treatise. He was influenced by the Nature philosophy of Schelling and reacted strongly against a purely materialistic approach to the sciences. He expressed this in his early work, Ansichten von der Nachtseite der Naturwissenschaften (1808). Schubert, Gotthilf Heinrich von (Hohenstein, Saxony, 1780-1860, Laufzorn, Bavaria), abandoned the study of theology at Leipzig University and turned to medicine and the natural sciences, moving later to Jena. In 1819 was appointed to the chair of natural sciences at Erlangen University. In 1827 he moved to Munich University, becoming a member of the Munich Academy. He was ennobled in 1853. ‎