This Guide provides students with the scholarly and interpretive tools they need to understand Hume's A Treatise of Human Nature and its influence on modern philosophy.

• A student guide to Hume's A Treatise of Human Nature.
  
• Focuses on recent developments in Hume scholarship.
  
• Covers topics such as the formulation, reception and scope of the Treatise, imagination and memory, the passions, moral sentiments, and the role of sympathy.
  
• All the chapters are newly written by Hume scholars.
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This Guide provides students with the scholarly and interpretive tools they need to understand Hume's A Treatise of Human Nature and its influence on modern philosophy.

• A student guide to Hume's A Treatise of Human Nature.
  
• Focuses on recent developments in Hume scholarship.
  
• Covers topics such as the formulation, reception and scope of the Treatise, imagination and memory, the passions, moral sentiments, and the role of sympathy.
  
• All the chapters are newly written by Hume scholars.
  ...

The Blackwell Guide to Plato's Republic consists of thirteen new essays written by both established scholars and younger researchers with the specific aim of helping readers to understand Plato's masterwork.

• This guide to Plato's Republic is designed to help readers understand this foundational work of the Western canon.
  
• Sheds new light on many central features and themes of the Republic.
  
• Covers the literary and philosophical style of the Republic; Plato's theories of justice and knowledge; his educational...

The Blackwell Guide to Plato's Republic consists of thirteen new essays written by both established scholars and younger researchers with the specific aim of helping readers to understand Plato's masterwork.

• This guide to Plato's Republic is designed to help readers understand this foundational work of the Western canon.
  
• Sheds new light on many central features and themes of the Republic.
  
• Covers the literary and philosophical style of the Republic; Plato's theories of justice and knowledge; his educational...

Consisting of twelve newly commissioned essays and enhanced by William Molyneux's famous early translation of the Meditations, this volume touches on all the major themes of one of the most influential texts in the history of philosophy.

• Situates the Meditations in its philosophical and historical context.
  
• Touches on all of the major themes of the Meditations, including the mind-body relation, the nature of the mind, and the existence of the material world.

Consisting of twelve newly commissioned essays and enhanced by William Molyneux's famous early translation of the Meditations, this volume touches on all the major themes of one of the most influential texts in the history of philosophy.

• Situates the Meditations in its philosophical and historical context.
  
• Touches on all of the major themes of the Meditations, including the mind-body relation, the nature of the mind, and the existence of the material world.

The Blackwell Guide to Mill's Utilitarianism volume is an ideal commentary for students on Mill's classic essay.

• Contains the complete text of Utilitarianism and twelve related essays.
  
• Essays cover the background to Mill's classic essay, analyses of the arguments, and contemporary debates within the utilitarian tradition.
  
• Also includes a case study demonstrating the application of utilitarian theory to military or non-violent responses to terrorism.
  
• Each contribution is an original essay written by a...

The Blackwell Guide to Mill's Utilitarianism volume is an ideal commentary for students on Mill's classic essay.

• Contains the complete text of Utilitarianism and twelve related essays.
  
• Essays cover the background to Mill's classic essay, analyses of the arguments, and contemporary debates within the utilitarian tradition.
  
• Also includes a case study demonstrating the application of utilitarian theory to military or non-violent responses to terrorism.
  
• Each contribution is an original essay written by a...

The Blackwell Guide to Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics illuminates Aristotle's ethics for both academics and students new to the work, with sixteen newly commissioned essays by distinguished international scholars.

• The structure of the book mirrors the organization of the Nichomachean Ethics itself.
  
• Discusses the human good, the general nature of virtue, the distinctive characteristics of particular virtues, voluntariness, self-control, and pleasure.

Through a collection of new, previously unpublished essays, The Blackwell Guide to Kant's Ethics addresses diverse topics crucial to our understanding of Kant's moral philosophy and its implications for the modern age.

• Provides a fresh perspective on themes in Kant's moral philosophy
• Addresses systematically Kant's foundational work, Groundwork for the Metaphysics of Morals and his more specific treatment of justice and virtue in The Metaphysics of Morals
• Includes essays by both established scholars and rising stars
• Identifies...