Abstract The chapter examines Johann Caspar Lavater's studies of physiognomy. Lavater
attempted to systematize principles on which we could detect human character traits and …

In the classical age, a common point of reference in discussions aesthetics, psychology,
medicine and religion was the doctrin physiognomy. In the earliest literature, the notion that …

This study treats both human physical appearance as a figure of interpretation in works of
fictional narrative and the pseudo-science of physiognomy, which purports to read the body …

Physiognomy (Greek fysiognōmonia), the art of determining a person's character from his
external features, was held in high esteem in the ancient world. The famous story of …

Polemon's treatise and Pseudo-Aristotle's Physiognomy were both translated into Arabic in
the ninth century. Some parts of the works of Polemon and Pseudo-Aristotle were known in …

N this booklet I have endeavoured to present such information concerning the Science of
Physiognomy, in a small compass, as will, I trust, prove of interest to the reader. There is no …

In this essay, I asN: what is the relationship between Wollstonecraft's religious beliefs and
her account of the aesthetic imagination? To answer this question, I looN at the ways in …

This is undoubtedly the most important volume produced on the subject of physiognomy—
the science of assessing personal character through the observation of external physical …

PHYSIOGNOMY, whether understood in its most extensive or confined signification, is the
origin of all human decisions, efforts, actions, expectations, fears, and hopes; of all pleasing …

Whenever we meet an unknown person, our first judgment, even unwillingly and often
subconsciously, starts from his or her external appearance. Since character can be properly …