Rights, bodies, and recognition; new essays on Fichte's Foundations of Natural Right.(Brief Article)(Book Review)

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0754655024

Rights, bodies, and recognition; new essays on Fichte's Foundations of Natural Right.

Ed. by Tom Rockmore and Daniel Breazeale.

Ashgate Publishing Co.

2006

255 pages

$99.95

Hardcover

JC181

Scholars of philosophy in Europe and North America comment on German philosopher Johann Gottlieb Fichte's (1762-1...

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