Now available together as a set for a discounted price: Theories of Human Nature , with, Human Nature: A Reader , by Joel J. Kupperman. On Theories of Human Nature : A very fine book on human nature, both what it is and what philosophers have thought about it--philosophers in an inclusive sense, from Plato and Aristotle to Mengzi and Xunzi, from Hume and Kant to Ibn al-Arabi to Marx and Rousseau and including many others. The writing is lively and accessible, the philosophy insightful, and the sense of human possibilities conveyed admirable. It will fit nicely into many different sorts of classes. --John Perry, Stanford University On Nature: A Reader : This anthology provides a set of distinctive, influential views that explore the mysteries of human nature from a variety of perspectives.