CONTENTS
FOREWORD
TO THE READER
INTRODUCTION GENERAL PHYSIOLOGY OF LOVE
CHAPTER I LOVE IN PLANTS AND ANIMALS
CHAPTER II MORNING CREPUSCULES OF LOVE THE GOOD AND EVIL SOURCES OF LOVE
CHAPTER III THE FIRST WEAPONS OF LOVE COURTSHIP
CHAPTER IV MODESTY
CHAPTER V THE VIRGIN
CHAPTER VI CONQUEST AND VOLUPTUOUSNESS
CHAPTER VII HOW LOVE IS PRESERVED AND HOW IT DIES
CHAPTER VIII THE DEPTHS AND THE HEIGHTS OF LOVE
CHAPTER IX SUBLIME PUERILITIES OF LOVE
CHAPTER X BOUNDARIES OF LOVE, AND THEIR RELATIONS TO THE SENSES
CHAPTER XI BOUNDARIES OF LOVE THEIR RELATIONS TO OTHER SENTIMENTS JEALOUSY
CHAPTER XII BOUNDARIES OF LOVE THEIR RELATIONS TO THOUGHT
CHAPTER XIII CHASTITY IN ITS RELATIONS TO LOVE
CHAPTER XIV LOVE IN SEX
CHAPTER XV LOVE AND AGE
CHAPTER XVI LOVE IN RELATION TO TEMPERAMENTS OF THE WAYS OF LOVING
CHAPTER XVII THE HELL OF LOVE
CHAPTER XVIII THE DEGRADATIONS OF LOVE
CHAPTER XIX FAULTS AND CRIMES OF LOVE
CHAPTER XX RIGHTS AND DUTIES OF LOVE
CHAPTER XXI THE COVENANTS OF LOVE
"PROFANE LOVE"
By Caravaggio
The
Book of Love
By
Prof. Dr. Paolo Mantegazza
Professor of Anthropology and General Pathology, Founder of the
first Museum of Anthropology and Ethnology in
Italy, Senator of the Kingdom of Italy
A translation of
The Physiology of Love
from the Italian text
American-Neo-latin Library
New York, N. Y.
PAOLO MANTEGAZZA, Italian physiologist and anthropologist, was born at Monza in 1831. He travelled extensively in Europe, India and America. He was appointed surgeon at Milan Hospital and Professor of General Pathology at Pavia. In 1870 he was nominated Professor of Anthropology at the Istituto di Studii Superiori, Florence. He founded the first Museum of Anthropology and Ethnology in Italy, and the Italian Anthropological Society. He was deputy for Monza in the Italian Parliament from 1865 to 1876, subsequently being elected to the Senate. He is the author of many well known works, as "The Physiology of Sorrow," "The Physiology of Pleasure," "Elements of Hygiene," "Pictures of Human Nature," "Human Ecstasies," "Head," etc. His books are most popular in Europe, where they have been translated into almost every language and have reached an enormous circulation. Paolo Mantegazza ranks with the greatest European medical authorities and the most brilliant Italian writers.
Copyright, 1917, by
The American—Neo-latin Library