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Page 56
... interest of the individual is always found in the common interest ; and that to seek to separate oneself from the common interest is to seek to destroy oneself ' . So far Montesquieu seems to be going no further than an emphasis upon ...
... interest of the individual is always found in the common interest ; and that to seek to separate oneself from the common interest is to seek to destroy oneself ' . So far Montesquieu seems to be going no further than an emphasis upon ...
Page 90
... interest in both the world of nature , often as the mirror of human feeling or as an escape from society , and the world of kinship where love and intimacy could be expressed within the legitimate bounds of the family . This essay ...
... interest in both the world of nature , often as the mirror of human feeling or as an escape from society , and the world of kinship where love and intimacy could be expressed within the legitimate bounds of the family . This essay ...
Page 293
... interest of the physiologist Henri Milne- Edwards , to whom Michelet was indebted , in the idea of divi- sion of labour . There were , of course , other sources : political economy and psychology being the most important . Nor was this ...
... interest of the physiologist Henri Milne- Edwards , to whom Michelet was indebted , in the idea of divi- sion of labour . There were , of course , other sources : political economy and psychology being the most important . Nor was this ...
Contents
Contributors | 7 |
Introduction | 15 |
Nature as Ethical Norm in the Enlightenment | 51 |
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