Concepts of Nature (eBook)

R. J. Snell is professor of philosophy at Eastern University and executive director of the Agora Institute for Civic Virtue and the Common Good.Steven F. McGuire is assistant professor of political science at Eastern University and a research director at the Agora Institute for Civic Virtue and the Common Good.

Table of ContentsIntroductionR. J. Snell and Steven F. McGuire1.Voegelin’s Analysis of Human Nature in AristotleBarry CooperResponse by Thomas W. Smith2.Nature, Human Nature, and Human Dignity in Light of the Primary Experience of the CosmosGlenn HughesResponse by Melissa Moschella3.Natural Rights and History: Hugo Grotius’ Modern Translation of AristotleJeremy Seth GeddertResponse by Jesse Covington4.Categories and Causes: Physics and Politics for Aristotle and for UsJames R. Stoner, Jr.Response by Christopher O. Tollefsen5.Rousseau on Nature, Freedom and the Moral LifeSusan Meld ShellResponse by Geoffrey M. Vaughan6.Nature, History and the Problem of Progress in H.G. WellsCharles T. RubinResponse by Amy Gilbert Richards7.Nature in Louis Dupré’s Model of ModernityStephen M Fields, SJResponse by Anna Bonta Moreland8.From Pure Nature to Concrete Subject: The Question of God in the Secular AgeRandall S. RosenbergResponse by Gregory R. Beabout