Ten Theories of Human Nature

Name: Ten Theories of Human Nature
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ISBN: 9780195368253

ISBN-10: 0195368258

ISBN-13: 9780195368253

Edition: 5th 2009

Authors: Leslie Stevenson, David L. Haberman

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Over four previous editions, Ten Theories of Human Nature has been a remarkably popular introduction to some of the most influential developments in Western and Eastern thought. This fifth edition features a new chapter on Buddhism and a completely revised and reorganized chapter on Darwinian theories. Lucid and accessible, Ten Theories of Human Nature, Fifth Edition, compresses into a small space the essence of such ancient traditions as Confucianism, Hinduism, Buddhism, and the Old and New Testaments as well as the theories of Plato, Aristotle, Immanuel Kant, Karl Marx, and Jean-Paul Sartre. The authors juxtapose the ideas of these and other thinkers and traditions in a way that helps…

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List price: $47.95
Edition: 5th
Copyright year: 2009
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 11/5/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 304
Size: 5.40" wide x 8.10" long x 0.60" tall
Weight: 0.682
Language: English



Introduction: Rival Theories and Critical Assessments



Confucianism: the Way of the Sages




Upanishadic Hinduism: Quest for Ultimate Knowledge




Buddhism: In the Footsteps of the Buddha




Plato: the Rule of Reason



Aristotle: the Ideal of Human Fulfilment



The Bible: Humanity in Relation to GodHistorical Interlude



Kant: Reasons and Causes, History and Religion



Marx: the Economic Basis of Human Nature



Sartre: Atheistic Existentialism



Darwinian Theories of Human Nature


Conclusion: Towards a Synthesis of the Theories?