Outlines of the History of Ethics for English Readers - Couverture souple

Sidgwick, Henry

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0872200604 ISBN 13 : 9780872200609

Editeur : Hackett Publishing Co, Inc, 1988

Synopsis

"The work of a master in the subject, who in a few pregnant pages has sketched out skillfully and judicially the history of Greek, of medieval, and of English reflections on the aims and laws of human conduct." --William Wallace (at time of first publication)

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

The nucleus of this little book is formed by an article onE thics which I wrote some years ago for theE ncyclopcedia Britannica, I found that, in the opinion of persons whose judgment had weight with me, this article appeared likely to meet the needs of English students desirous of obtaining a general knowledge of the history of ethical thought: I have, therefore, by the permission of Messrs. Black, the publishers of theE ncyclopcedia Britannica reprinted it in this separate form. In so doing, I have considerably altered and enlarged it: but, after some hesitation, I determined to adhere to the main outlines of the original article, according to which the chapter (IV.
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Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Hackett Publishing Co, Inc
• Date d'édition: 1988
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0872200604
• ISBN 13: 9780872200609
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 320
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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