Human Nature - An Essay

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Human Nature - An Essay

Philosophy of mind Social and cultural anthropology Social, group or collective psychology

Author: William Lyon Phelps

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Language: English

Published by: White Press

Published on: 22nd April 2016

Format: LCP-protected ePub

Size: 1 Mb

ISBN: 9781473362130


Introduction

This early work by William Lyon Phelps was originally published in 1931 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introductory biography. Human Nature is an essay about the curiosities of human nature referenced to well-known authors.

About William Lyon Phelps

William Lyon Phelps was born on 2nd January 1865, in New Haven, Conneticut, United States. Phelps earned a B.A. in 1887, writing his thesis on the Idealism of George Berkeley. He then gained an M.A. in 1891 from Yale and his PhD from Harvard in the same year.

During his time at Yale, he offered a course in modern novels which brought the university considerable attention both nationally and internationally. Phelps published many essays on modern and European literature, including titles such as Essays on Modern Novelists (1910), Some Makers of American Literature (1923), and As I Like it (1923).

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