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Quarles Francis <1592-1644.> |
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Enchiridion [[electronic resource] ] : Containing institutions divine contemplative. Practicall. Moral ethicall. Oeconomicall. Politicall. Written by Fra: Quarles |
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London, : printed for Humphrey Moseley, at the Prince's Arms in St Paul's Church-yard, 1654 |
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An edition of: Quarles, Francis. Enchyridion. |
The words "Contemplative. Practicall." and "Ethicall. .. Politicall." are bracketed together on title page. |
Includes index. |
Signatures: A-V¹² ([A1], [V12] blank). |
A re-issue of the 1646 edition. Cf. Horden. |
Gathered in 12's. |
Reproduction of the original in the Bodleian Library. |
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UNINA9910971869503321 |
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Midgley Mary <1919-> |
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The solitary self : Darwin and the selfish gene / / Mary Midgley |
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Durham, : Acumen, 2010 |
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Durham : , : Acumen, , 2010 |
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1-317-48823-7 |
1-317-48824-5 |
1-315-71020-X |
1-280-12013-4 |
9786613524027 |
1-84465-483-4 |
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[First edition.] |
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1 online resource (v, 154 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
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Self-interest |
Evolution (Biology) |
Evolutionary psychology |
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Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 02 Oct 2015). |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 145-147) and index. |
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Introduction -- Pseudo-Darwinism and social atomism -- The background: egoism from Hobbes to R.D. Laing -- The natural springs of morality -- Coming to terms with reason -- Darwin's new broom -- The self's strange adventures -- Conclusion: the wider perspective. |
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Renowned philosopher, Mary Midgley explores the nature of our moral constitution to challenge the view that reduces human motivation to self-interest. Midgley argues cogently and convincingly that simple, one-sided accounts of human motives, such as the selfish gene tendency in recent neo-Darwinian thought, may be illuminating but are always unrealistic. Such neatness, she shows, cannot be imposed on human psychology. She returns to Darwins original writings to show how the reductive individualism which is now presented as Darwinism does not derive from Darwin but from a wider, Hobbesian tradition in Enlightenment thinking. She reveals the selfish gene hypothesis as a cultural accretion that is just not seen in nature. Heroic independence |
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is not a realistic aim for Homo sapiens. We are, as Darwin saw, earthly organisms, framed to interact constantly with one another and with the complex ecosystems of which we are a tiny part. For us, bonds are not just restraints but also lifelines. |
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