be in no danger of misunderstanding my meaning" Combe identifies three categories for the Natural Laws: Physical, Organic, and Intelligent. The Physical Laws "embrace all the phenomena of mere matter," the Organic Laws [indicate] that "every phenomenon connected with the production, health, growth, decay, and death of vegetables and animals, takes place with undeviating regularity." Combe defines Intelligent beings as "all animals that have a distinct consciousness," and the Intelligent Laws concern the makeup of the mental capacities of Intelligent beings. He then identifies four principles concerning the Natural Laws: 1) the Laws are independent 2) obeying the Laws brings rewards and disobedience brings punishment 3) the Laws are fixed and universal, and 4) the laws are harmonious with the constitution of man. At the end of this chapter Combe once again presents the purpose of the work: "My object, I repeat, is to investigate the natural constitution of the human body and mind, their relations to external objects and beings in this world, and the courses of action that...appear to be beneficial or hurtful." Chapter II: Of the Constitution of Man, and its Relations to External Objects In the first section, Combe discusses "Man Considered as a Physical Being," and asserts that man has been created by God to both understand and obey the laws of nature in both mental and physical capacities. In section two, "Man Considered as an Organised Being," Combe argues that man is an organized being, subject to growth, decay, and eating food to survive; man must exercise these systems in some form of work if they are to enjoy pleasure. In section three, "Man Considered as an Animal–Moral–and Intellectual Being," Combe introduces Phrenology as the best way to understand the "animal, moral, and intellectual powers" of man, and proceeds to list the 'Human Faculties' according to Phrenology: Order I. Feelings Genus I. Propensities (Amativeness, Philoprogrenitiveness, Concentrativeness, Adhesiveness, Comrativeness, Destructiveness, Constructiveness, Acquisitiveness, Secretiveness) Genus II. Sentiments Common to Man with Lower Animals: Self-Esteem, Love of Approbation, Cautiousness, Benevolence Proper to Man: Veneration, Hope, Ideality, Wonder, Consciousness, Firmness Order II. Intellectual Faculties Genus I. External Senses (Touch, Taste, Hearing, Smell, Light) Genus II. Intellectual Faculties–which perceive existence (Individuality, Form, Size, Weight, Colouring) Genus III. Intellectual Faculties –which perceive the relations of external objects (Locality, Order, Time, Number, Tune, Language) Genus IV. Reflecting Faculties (Comparison, Causality, Wit, Imitation) In Section four, "The Faculties of Man Compared With