David Hartley (philosopher)

thumb|David Hartley David Hartley (8 August 1705 – 28 August 1757) was an English philosopher and founder of the Associationist school of psychology. Quotes We seem to be in the place of God to them, to be his vice-regents, and empowered to receive homage from them in his name. And we are obliged, by the same tenure, to be their guardians and benefactors. On animals. Observations on Man (1749; 6th edition, 1834), Part I, Chapter III, Section VII. With respect to animal diet, let it be considered, that taking away the lives of animals, in order to convert them into food, does great violence to the principles of benevolence and compassion. This appears from the frequent hard-heartedness and cruelty found amongst those persons whose occupations engage them in destroying animal life, as well as from the uneasiness which others feel in beholding the butchery of animals. Observations on Man (1749; 6th edition, 1834), Part II, Chapter III, Section II. Quotes About Hartley The only one of Lockes successors who attempted,and achieved, any considerable improvement and extension of the analytical part, and thereby added anything to the explanation of the human mind on Locke's principles, was Hartley. John Stuart Mill. Essay on Coleridge. Essays on Ethics, Religion and Society. University of Toronto Press 1969 Canada SBN 8020 1521 2 London: Routledge & Kegan Paul SBN 7100 6233 8, Page 130. External links Category:1705 births Category:1757 deaths Category:Academics from the United Kingdom Category:Philosophers from England Category:Psychologists from England Category:Anglicans from the United Kingdom Category:Christian apologists Category:University of Cambridge alumni Category:Fellows of the Royal Society