(PDF) Self Evaluation ??? Philosophical Perspectives Functions and Philosophical Perspectives on Art PPTX Perspectives on Public Space in Rome, from Antiquity to the Present Day Functions and Philosophical Perspectives on Art.pptx. Self Interest discusses the reconciliation of inevitable self concern with its manifest potential for harm. This anthology brings together the efforts of twenty three renown philosophers to address the matter of how to bring about such a reconciliation. The drive for self preservation, as observed by Aquinas, is the first law of nature. With this self love, however, comes the threat of "the excessive love of self". Self Interest brings into discussion the reconciliation of necessary self concern with its manifest potential for harm. This anthology brings together the work of twenty three important philosophers to address the question of how to bring about such a reconciliation. Contributors Democritus, Plato, Aristotle, Augustine of Hippo, Aquinas,Hobbes, Nicole, Mandeville, Butler, Hutchenson, Hume, Smith, Kant, Bentham, Mill, James, Nietzsche, Dewey, Rand, and Gauthier.