Albrecht von Haller

Among these was the Swiss natural scientist Albrecht von Haller, who, after exploring the Bernese Oberland, published in 1729 a poem called Die Alpen The Alps that contrasted the redoubtable Alpine peasant's natural way of life with the civilized lifestyle of the metropolitan elite and concluded the mountain life was better.

Richard Bangs: Here Be Dragons: Mt. Pilatus in Switzerland, Part 2 Richard Bangs 2011

Among these was the Swiss natural scientist Albrecht von Haller, who, after exploring the Bernese Oberland, published in 1729 a poem called Die Alpen The Alps that contrasted the redoubtable Alpine peasant's natural way of life with the civilized lifestyle of the metropolitan elite and concluded the mountain life was better.

Richard Bangs: Here Be Dragons: Mt. Pilatus in Switzerland, Part 2 Richard Bangs 2011

Among these was the Swiss natural scientist Albrecht von Haller, who, after exploring the Bernese Oberland, published in 1729 a poem called Die Alpen The Alps that contrasted the redoubtable Alpine peasant's natural way of life with the civilized lifestyle of the metropolitan elite and concluded the mountain life was better.

Richard Bangs: Here Be Dragons: Mt. Pilatus in Switzerland, Part 2 Richard Bangs 2011

Among these was the Swiss natural scientist Albrecht von Haller, who, after exploring the Bernese Oberland, published in 1729 a poem called Die Alpen The Alps that contrasted the redoubtable Alpine peasant's natural way of life with the civilized lifestyle of the metropolitan elite and concluded the mountain life was better.

Richard Bangs: Here Be Dragons: Mt. Pilatus in Switzerland, Part 2 Richard Bangs 2011

Among these was the Swiss natural scientist Albrecht von Haller, who, after exploring the Bernese Oberland, published in 1729 a poem called Die Alpen The Alps that contrasted the redoubtable Alpine peasant's natural way of life with the civilized lifestyle of the metropolitan elite and concluded the mountain life was better.

Richard Bangs: Here Be Dragons: Mt. Pilatus in Switzerland, Part 2 Richard Bangs 2011

Among these was the Swiss natural scientist Albrecht von Haller, who, after exploring the Bernese Oberland, published in 1729 a poem called Die Alpen The Alps that contrasted the redoubtable Alpine peasant's natural way of life with the civilized lifestyle of the metropolitan elite and concluded the mountain life was better.

Richard Bangs: Here Be Dragons: Mt. Pilatus in Switzerland, Part 2 Richard Bangs 2011

Among these was the Swiss natural scientist Albrecht von Haller, who, after exploring the Bernese Oberland, published in 1729 a poem called Die Alpen The Alps that contrasted the redoubtable Alpine peasant's natural way of life with the civilized lifestyle of the metropolitan elite and concluded the mountain life was better.

Richard Bangs: Here Be Dragons: Mt. Pilatus in Switzerland, Part 2 Richard Bangs 2011

Among these was the Swiss natural scientist Albrecht von Haller, who, after exploring the Bernese Oberland, published in 1729 a poem called Die Alpen The Alps that contrasted the redoubtable Alpine peasant's natural way of life with the civilized lifestyle of the metropolitan elite and concluded the mountain life was better.

Richard Bangs: Here Be Dragons: Mt. Pilatus in Switzerland, Part 2 Richard Bangs 2011

This brought with it a falling off of the mercenary system but also a rise of the middle class and an intellectual renaissance: Zürich (with Johannes J. Bodmer, 1698–1783, Albrecht von Haller, 1708–77, and Johannes C. Lavater, 1741–1801) became an important center of German literature and thought; Geneva (with Rousseau, 1712–78, Voltaire, resident in the vicinity after 1755, etc.) became a refuge for advanced thinkers of the French school.

1712 2001

The romantic physician Christoph Wilhelm Hufeland (Art of Prolonging Life, 1796) aims at 200 years via preser - vation of a “vital power” (analogous to electromagnet - ism); also he cites the “law” of comparative biology of Albrecht von Haller that an animal lives eight times as long as its period of growth.

LONGEVITY GERALD J. GRUMAN 1968