About Nicholas Dent
Born 1945. Nicholas Dent is a philosopher.
Nicholas John Henry Dent (born 1945) is a British philosopher and emeritus professor of philosophy at the University of Birmingham. He is best known for his work on Rousseau's thought.
Books The Moral Psychology of the Virtues (1984) Rousseau: An Introduction to his Psychological, Social and Political Theory (1988) The Rousseau Dictionary (1992) Rousseau (2005)
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