Man. A Feeling, reflecting, thinking being, who freely walks the earth, who seems to be at the head of all other animals whom he dominates, who lives in society, who has invented the sciences and the arts, who has his particular goodness and badness, who has given himself masters, who has made laws for himself, etc.

He can be considered in many ways; the main ones will become the subject matter of articles that follow.

Man is composed of two substances, one known as soul ( see Soul) the other known as body.

The body or the material part of man has been studied a great deal. Those who have concerned themselves with this important and difficult work are called anatomists ( see article Man (Anatomy)).

We have followed man from the moment he is formed and life begins, until death. This is the natural history of man. ( See article Man (Natural History).) We have considered him capable of different intellectual operations that render him good or bad, useful or harmful, capable of doing good or not. ( See article Man (Ethics).)

From this solitary state we have passed to man in society and have proposed certain general principles according to which the ruling powers could derive more advantages. This article is entitled Man (Political science).

One could have increased infinitely the glimpses one has of man. His curiosity, his work, his needs relate him to all aspects of nature. There is nothing that cannot be linked to him. This is proven by the various articles in this work where one will see man either trying to know what surrounds him or striving to make use of his environment.