- Comparative Psychology, Instinct, Emotions, Expression
Many works have been written on Expression, but a greater number on Physiognomy, - that is, on the recognition of character through the study of the permanent form of the features. With this latter subject I am not here concerned. The older treatises,[1] which I have consulted, have been of little or no service to me. The famous `Conferences'[2] of the painter Le Brun, published in 1667, is the best known ancient work, and contains some good remarks.
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- Author
- Charles Darwin
- First published
- 1872
- Pages
- 372
- Publisher
- John Murray, FQ Classics, Kessinger Publishing
- Editions
- 62
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9781420924992
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“I WILL begin by giving the three Principles, which appear to me to account for most of the expressions and gestures involuntarily used by man and the lower animals, under the influence of various emotions and sensations.”
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