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Title: THE MORAL AUTHORITY OF NATURE
By: Lorraine Daston (Editor), Fernando Vidal (Editor)
Format: Hardback

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ISBN 10: 0226136809
ISBN 13: 9780226136806
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Publisher: THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO PRESS
Pub. date: 15 December, 2003
Pages: 376
Description: This work offers an extensive account of how people have used nature to think about what counts as good, beautiful or valuable. The essays here cover a diverse array of topics, including the connection of cosmic and human orders from ancient Greece to contemporary America.
Synopsis: This work offers an extensive account of how people have used nature to think about what counts as good, beautiful or valuable. The essays here cover a diverse array of topics, including the connection of cosmic and human orders from ancient Greece to contemporary America.
Illustrations: 6 halftones, 11 line drawings
Publication: US
Imprint: University of Chicago Press
Returns: Returnable
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