Reflections on Human Nature

Reflections on Human Nature
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Publisher : JHU Press
Total Pages : 212
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ISBN-10 : 9781421432441
ISBN-13 : 1421432447
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Book Synopsis Reflections on Human Nature by : Arthur O. Lovejoy

Download or read book Reflections on Human Nature written by Arthur O. Lovejoy and published by JHU Press. This book was released on 2020-02-03 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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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