Reflections on Human Nature - Couverture rigide

Lovejoy, Arthur O.

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0801803942 ISBN 13 : 9780801803949

Editeur : Johns Hopkins University Press, 1962

Synopsis

Originally published in 1961. Arthur O. Lovejoy, beginning with his book The Great Chain of Being, helped usher in the discipline of the History of Ideas in America. In Reflections on Human Nature, Lovejoy devotes particular attention to influential figures such as Hobbes, Locke, Bishop Butler, and Mandeville, tracing developments and changes in the concept of human nature through the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. He also discusses the theory of human nature held by the founders of the American Constitution, giving special attention to James Madison and the "Federalist Papers."

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À propos de l'auteur

Arthur Oncken Lovejoy was an American philosopher and intellectual historian. He is known for founding the discipline of the history of ideas by publishing its flagship text, The Great Chain of Being.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Date d'édition: 1962
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0801803942
• ISBN 13: 9780801803949
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 286
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