Reflections on Human Nature

Häftad, Engelska, 2020

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Beskrivning

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."

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2020-03-30
Mått:152 x 229 x 19 mm
Vikt:381 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:286
Förlag:Johns Hopkins University Press
ISBN:9781421432434

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Arthur O. Lovejoy was, at the time of his death in 1962, Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at Johns Hopkins University. Among his many books are The Great Chain of Being, Essays in the History of Ideas, The Reason, the Understanding, and Time, and The Thirteen Pragmatisms and Other Essays.

Innehållsförteckning

Preface Lecture I. The Self-Appraisal of Man Lecture II. The Theory of Human Nature in the American Constitution and the Method of CounterpoiseLecture III. The Desires of the Self-Conscious AnimalLecture IV. Approbativeness as the Universal, Distinctive, and Dominant Passion of Man Lecture V. The "Love of Praise" as the Indispensable Substitute for "Reason and Virtue" in Seventeenth- and Eighteenth-Century Theories of Human Nature Lecture VI. Approbativeness and "Pride" in Political and Economic Thought Lecture VII. The Indictment of Pride Lecture VIII. Some Ethical ReflectionsIndex