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- Reflections on Human Nature
- Book
- 2020
- Published by: Johns Hopkins University Press
- Funder: Mellon/NEH / Hopkins Open Publishing: Encore Editions
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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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ISBN
9781421432458
Related ISBN(s)
9780801803949, 9780801803956, 9781421432434, 9781421432441
MARC Record
OCLC
1132666101
Pages
286
Launched on MUSE
2020-01-10
Language
English
Open Access
Yes
Creative Commons
CC-BY-NC-ND