Nature, Human Nature, and Human Difference: Race in Early Modern Philosophy
By: Justin E. H. Smith
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Format: 312 pages, Hardcover
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11. Nature, Human Nature, and Human Difference: Race in Early Modern Philosophy
By: Justin E. H. Smith
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