New in paperback. Hardcover was published in 2006. More than thirty eminent scholars from nine different countries have contributed to this comprehensive and up-to-date history. Centered around the concept of human nature because it was the dominant concept of eighteenth century philosophy. Contributors: Knud Haakonssen, Werner Schneiders, Carl Henrik Koch, T. J. Hochstrasser, Ann Thomson, Reinhard Brandt, Aaron Garrett, Kenneth Winkler, Udo Thiel, Michel Malherbe, Heiner F. Klemme, Manfred Kuehn, Richard H. Popkin, Hans Aarsleff, Peter France, Rudolf A. Makkreel, Jerome B. Schneewind, Geraint Parry, B. A. Gerrish, Maria Rosa Antognazza, M. A. Stewart, Luca Fonnesu, Simone Zurbuchen, James Franklin, John Gascoigne, Pierre Kerszberg, Phillip R. Sloan, David Fate Norton, Stephen Darwall, W. Kersting, Robert Brown, Dario Perinetti.