Nicholas John Henry Dent (born 1945) is a British philosopher and emeritus professor of philosophy at the

University of Birmingham The University of Birmingham (informally Birmingham University) is a Public university, public research university in Birmingham, England. It received its royal charter in 1900 as a successor to Queen's College, Birmingham (founded in 1825 as ...

. He is best known for his work on

Rousseau Jean-Jacques Rousseau (, ; ; 28 June 1712 – 2 July 1778) was a Genevan philosopher ('' philosophe''), writer, and composer. His political philosophy influenced the progress of the Age of Enlightenment throughout Europe, as well as aspects ...

'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)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Dent, Nicholas Living people 21st-century British philosophers British philosophy academics 1945 births Academics of the University of Birmingham Rousseau scholars Alumni of the University of Cambridge