Lachesis and Nemesis

Based on Linnaeus' "Lachesis naturalis" and "Nemesis divina." "The origins of these essays on Linnaeus are to be found more than ten years ago in an investigation of Swedish folklore in the 18th century and of the learned and popular traditions mirrored in Linnaeus' writings, both published and unpublished. .. In this manner four essays came to be written on four widely disparate topics, i.e., Linnaeus' learning and ideas of magic, the elements of folklore in his writings, his moral and social attitudes, and the philosophical background."--page 8.