Twelve Theories of Human Nature
ISBN: 9780199859030 | 0199859035
Edition: 6thFormat: Paperback
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Pub. Date: 9/5/2012
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Lucid and accessible, Twelve Theories of Human Nature compresses into a manageable space the essence of religious traditions such as Confucianism, Hinduism, Buddhism, the Jewish Scriptures, the Christian New Testament, and Islam, as well as the philosophical theories of Plato, Aristotle, Kant, and Sartre, and the would-be scientific accounts of human nature by Marx, Freud, and Darwin and his successors.
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| Preface to the Sixth Edition | p. ix |
| Preface to the Fifth Edition | p. xi |
| Preface to the Fourth Edition | p. xiii |
| Introduction: Rival Theories and Critical Assessments | p. 1 |
| Confucianism: The Way of the Sages | p. 18 |
| Upanishadic Hinduism: Quest for Ultimate Knowledge | p. 35 |
| Buddhism: In the Footsteps of the Buddha | p. 55 |
| Plato: The Rule of Reason | p. 79 |
Leslie Stevenson is Honorary Reader in Philosophy, University of St. Andrews, Scotland. David L. Haberman is Professor of Religious Studies at Indiana University at Bloomington. Peter Matthews Wright is Assistant Professor of Religion at Colorado College.
