...with a view of the scriptural doctrine relative to the nature and character of man as a moral agent. Disbound 8vo; [iii], iv-vi, [1], 8-104pp. Leather remnant on spine, paper abrasion paper remnant along rear joint. Mild foxing and age toning, overall Very Good and with handsomely typeset title page. Henry Philip Tappan (1805-1881) was an American philosopher and educator who served as the first president of the University of Michigan. Proofs... is his earliest individual pamphlet recorded in OCLC. Published at the age of 19, the pamphlet shows his developing thoughts on free will and self-determination expounded on in his first major publication, The doctrine of the will, determined by an appeal to consciousness (1840).