Publication

2016 - Lexington Books/Fortress Academic

Language

English

Word Count

62,500 words, Guess

Page Count

250 pages

Identifiers

  • ISBN-10149852754X
  • ISBN-139781498527545
  • Library of Congress Control Number2016038357
  • OCLC Control Number957133947
  • Better World Books9781498527545
and 1 more

Classifications

  • LCCBD581.C66545 2016
  • LCCBD581 .C66545 2016

Description

"If natural law arguments struggle to gain traction in contemporary moral and political discourse, could it be because we moderns do not share the understanding of nature upon which that language was developed? Building on the work of important thinkers of the last half-century, including Leo Strauss, Eric Voegelin, John Finnis, and Bernard Lonergan, the chapters of 'Concepts of Nature: Ancient and Modern' compare and contrast classical, medieval, and modern conceptions of nature in order to better understand how and why the concept of nature no longer seems to provide a limit or standard for human action. These chapters also evaluate whether a rearticulation of pre-modern ideas (or perhaps a reconciliation or reconstitution on modern terms) is desirable and possible." --Back cover.

Subjects

Other Editions

  • Concepts of Nature: Ancient and ModernLexington Books/Fortress Academic2016-01-01

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