1749 Copperplate engraving from Georges-Louis Leclerc,Compte de Buffon "Histoire Naturelle",Volume II,Plate VIII. shows some of the various expressions shown by the human face 1. Crying,2 Horror or fear 3. Contempt and derision,4. Jealousy or malice,5. Happiness and laughter. Buffon courted controversy by dealing with humans as objects worthy of study in a natural history text. This work on emotions predates by over 100 years the interest that Darwin would show in his "Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals" 1871 | |
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