Twelve theories of human nature.
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Author / Creator: | Stevenson, Leslie |
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Edition: | 6th ed. / Leslie Stevenson, David L. Haberman, Peter Matthews Wright. |
Imprint: | New York : Oxford University Press, c2013. |
Description: | xv, 301 p. ; 21 cm |
Language: | English |
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Format: | Print Book |
URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/9104458 |
Table of Contents:
- Preface to the Sixth Edition
- Preface to the Fifth Edition
- Preface to the Fourth Edition
- Introduction: Rival Theories and Critical Assessments
- Chapter 1. Confucianism: The Way of the Sages
- Chapter 2. Upanishadic Hinduism: Quest for Ultimate Knowledge
- Chapter 3. Buddhism: In the Footsteps of the Buddha
- Chapter 4. Plato: The Rule of Reason
- Chapter 5. Aristotle: The Ideal of Human Fulfillment
- Chapter 6. The Bible: Humanity in Relation to God
- Chapter 7. Islam: Submission to God
- Historical Interlude
- Chapter 8. Kant: Reasons and Causes, Morality and Religion
- Chapter 9. Marx: The Economic Basis of Human Societies
- Chapter 10. Freud: The Unconscious Basis of Mind
- Chapter 11. Sartre: Radical Freedom
- Chapter 12. Darwinian Theories of Human Nature
- Conclusion: A Synthesis of the Theories?
- Index