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Modern Philosophies of Human Nature
Peter Langford
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Paperback. Series: Martinus Nijhoff Philosophy Library. Num Pages: 272 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HP. Category: (U) Tertiary Education. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 14. Weight in Grams: 500.
General Argument My aim is to survey some of the most influential philosophical writers on human nature from the time that Augustine codified Christian belief to the present. During this period philosophical opinions about human nature underwent a transformation from the God-centered views of Augustine and the scholastics to the human-centered ideas of Nietzsche, Freud and Sartre. While one aim has simply been to provide a handy survey, I do have three polemical purposes. One is to oppose the notion that the modernism of more recent writers was produced by methodological innovations. According to both Freud and Sartre, as well ... Read more
General Argument My aim is to survey some of the most influential philosophical writers on human nature from the time that Augustine codified Christian belief to the present. During this period philosophical opinions about human nature underwent a transformation from the God-centered views of Augustine and the scholastics to the human-centered ideas of Nietzsche, Freud and Sartre. While one aim has simply been to provide a handy survey, I do have three polemical purposes. One is to oppose the notion that the modernism of more recent writers was produced by methodological innovations. According to both Freud and Sartre, as well ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1986
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
Series
Martinus Nijhoff Philosophy Library
Number of Pages
272
Place of Publication
Dordrecht, Netherlands
ISBN
9789024733712
SKU
V9789024733712
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