Ants and Some Other Insects: An Inquiry Into the Psychic Powers of These Animals, with an Appendix on the Peculiarities of Their Olfactory Sense (1

Auguste Forel

ISBN 10: 1168741475 / ISBN 13: 9781168741479

Edité par KESSINGER PUB CO Sep 2010, 2010

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• Titre: Ants and Some Other Insects: An Inquiry Into the Psychic Powers of These Animals, with an Appendix on the Peculiarities of Their Olfactory Sense (1
• Éditeur: KESSINGER PUB CO Sep 2010
• Date de parution: 2010
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 1168741475
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9781168741479
• Reliure: Buch
• État de l'article: Neu
• Dimensions: 229 L x 152 H x 6 P (en millimètres) 229 millimètres de largeur par 152 millimètres de hauteur par 6 millimètres de profondeur
• Poids: 259 grammes

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Ants And Some Other Insects: An Inquiry Into The Psychic Powers Of These Animals, With An Appendix On The Peculiarities Of Their Olfactory Sense (1904) is a book written by Auguste Forel. The book explores the fascinating world of insects, particularly ants, and their psychic abilities. Forel delves into the behavior and communication of ants, discussing their social structure, division of labor, and their ability to communicate with each other through chemical signals. The author also examines the olfactory sense of insects, including ants, and how it plays a crucial role in their survival and communication. The book is a comprehensive exploration of the world of insects, written in a scientific and informative manner, and is a must-read for anyone interested in the fascinating world of these tiny creatures.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.

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“From his life-long and conscientious study of ants Dr. Forel is peculiarly qualified to write on such a subject; while from his position at the head of a great lunatic asylum he has had exceptional opportunities, of which he has ably availed himself, for the study of mind in various phases. At first sight it might seem as if insects were hardly likely to throw much light on psychic problems. Nevertheless, if the dog and the elephant are in some respects pre-eminent, and if in bodily structure the anthropoid apes approach nearer to man than do any other animals, yet when we consider the habits of ants, their social organization, their large communities and elaborate habitations, their roadways, their possession of domestic animals, and even in some cases of slaves, it must be admitted that they have a fair claim to rank next to man in the scale of intelligence. However this may be, Dr. Forel has selected insects, and especially his favorite ants, as the subject of his present memoir.” -The Daily Chronicle

“This is a tractate of some fifty pages written, and published on the philosophical question as to the community, or divergence between the mental, or psychic capacities of men and other animals. For this purpose Dr. Forel has contributed many facts relating to Ants, about which he has such a special knowledge, – creatures which differ so immensely from man in size, and yet possess such an affinity to him in domestic polity...Dr. Forel, in a very pregnant paragraph, writes: – ‘Spoken and especially written language, moreover, enable man to exploit his brain to a wonderful extent. This leads us to underestimate animals. Both in animals and man the true value of the brain is falsified by training.’...The zoologist will find an Appendix a valuable contribution on ‘the peculiarities of the olfactory sense in insects.’” -The Zoologist

“This little book...in summarizing the results of the investigations of its author and others, as proving that ants and bees can remember places, people and events, and have a will of their own, and predilections of their own, so that they should be regarded as in a sense reasoning creatures. It is preceded by a synopsis of the author’s views on psychology.” -The Princeton Theological Review