An in-depth treatment of essence is not very common, so the book -- by a professor at the University of Reading in England -- was interesting. I agreed with part, though not near all. Chapter 1 - Contemporary essentialism and real essentialism. Since about 1970 essentialism has received more atte
Ethics: Contemporary Readings (Routledge Contemporary Readings in Philosophy)
โ Scribed by Harry Gensler, Earl Spurgin, James Swindal
- Publisher
- Routledge
- Year
- 2003
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 328
- Edition
- 1
- Category
- Library
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