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Book Hobbes Studies  1879 1979

Download or read book Hobbes Studies 1879 1979 written by William Sacksteder and published by . This book was released on 1982 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Hobbes s Theory of the Will

Download or read book Hobbes s Theory of the Will written by Jürgen Overhoff and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2000 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Hobbes's Theory of the Will, Jurgen Overhoff reveals the religious, ethical, and political consequences of Thomas Hobbes's doctrine of volition. The author gracefully describes how Hobbes's thought was governed by assumptions based firmly in Galilean natural philosophy and orthodox Protestant theology. Overhoff also demonstrates how his subject used materialist eschatology and an absolutist political theory to resolve the social and ethical predicaments that coincided with these assumptions. Finally, Overhoff provides a chronological study of the numerous philosophical, theological, religious and political aspects of Hobbes's idea of the will and situates Hobbes's doctrine within the context of the most important responses and objections put forward by his critics.

Book Hobbes

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  • Author : Tom Sorell
  • Publisher : Routledge
  • Release : 2013-10-08
  • ISBN : 1136291687
  • Pages : 176 pages

Download or read book Hobbes written by Tom Sorell and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-10-08 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First Published in 1999. The purpose of this series is to provide a contemporary assessment and history of the entire course of philosophical thought. Each book constitutes a detailed, critical introduction to the work of a philosopher of major influence and significance. Hobbes's writings are dominated by a preoccupation with science: what it is, how it is organized and learned, and why creatures like us cannot do well without it.

Book Thomas Hobbes

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  • Author : Richard E. Flathman
  • Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
  • Release : 2002
  • ISBN : 9780742521490
  • Pages : 220 pages

Download or read book Thomas Hobbes written by Richard E. Flathman and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2002 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In his unconventional reading of the political philosophy of Thomas Hobbes, Flathman (political science, Johns Hopkins U.) suggests a liberal reading of Hobbes that is skeptical of ethical and metaphysical arguments that claim to know God or God's moral requirements. This leads to a view that the preferred political order is one in which disagreement and disturbance are to be privileged over an imposed homogeneity or uniformity. The foregoing suggests that we cannot do well without government, but we should chasten our expectations for government to provide the conditions necessary for the pursuit of our individual happiness. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Book Thomas Hobbes

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  • Author : Otfried Höffe
  • Publisher : SUNY Press
  • Release : 2015-09-01
  • ISBN : 1438457650
  • Pages : 270 pages

Download or read book Thomas Hobbes written by Otfried Höffe and published by SUNY Press. This book was released on 2015-09-01 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An introduction to Thomas Hobbes as a systematic and not merely political philosopher. Best known for his contributions to political philosophy, Thomas Hobbes set out to develop a coherent philosophical system extending from logic and natural philosophy to civil and religious philosophy. In this introduction to Hobbes’s thought, Otfried Höffe begins by providing an overview of the entire scope of his work, making clear its systematic character through analysis of his natural philosophy, his individual and social anthropology, and his political thought. He then offers an innovative examination of religious and ecclesiastical questions, touching not only on the political implications of religion so important to Hobbes, but also on his attempt to reconstruct Christianity in terms of a materialistic philosophy. He also explores Hobbes’s continuous critique of Aristotle and Aristotelian Scholastics, in which Höffe argues that Hobbes and Aristotle have much more in common philosophically than is normally supposed—and certainly more than Hobbes himself acknowledged. Finally, Höffe sketches the influence Hobbes had and continues to have on the development of legal and political philosophy. “A thoroughly successful introduction to the philosophy of Thomas Hobbes ” — Reinhard Brandt, in Süddeutsche Zeitung, in praise of the German edition

Book Historical Dictionary of Hobbes s Philosophy

Download or read book Historical Dictionary of Hobbes s Philosophy written by Juhana Lemetti and published by Scarecrow Press. This book was released on 2012 with total page 435 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Historical Dictionary of Hobbes's Philosophy offers a comprehensive guide to the many facets of Hobbes's work. Through its chronology, introductory essay, bibliography, and hundreds of cross-referenced dictionary entries on concepts, people, works, and technical terms, Hobbes's impact on philosophy and related fields is made accessible to the reader in this must-have reference. Intended as a reference to learn about particular aspects of Hobbes, it also serves as a quick guide to check information and find the relevant secondary literature on Hobbes. It is an excellent access point for students, researchers, and anyone wanting to know more about Thomas Hobbes.

Book Thomas Hobbes

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  • Author : A P Martinich
  • Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
  • Release : 1996-11-27
  • ISBN : 1349251852
  • Pages : 165 pages

Download or read book Thomas Hobbes written by A P Martinich and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 1996-11-27 with total page 165 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The influence and reputation of Thomas Hobbes (1588-1679), the greatest English political theorist and one of the greatest of all intellectuals, has never been higher than it is now. This book gives a comprehensive treatment of Hobbes' thought in the light of the most important research currently being produced by historians, philosophers, and political scientists. His life and political, religious and scientific views are explained within the cultural context of Stuart England.

Book Thomas Hobbes and the Political Philosophy of Glory

Download or read book Thomas Hobbes and the Political Philosophy of Glory written by G. Slomp and published by Springer. This book was released on 2000-05-15 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hobbes's philosophical discourse is deconstructed as the interplay of the drama of individual behaviour as perceived by rational agents and the detached analysis of conflict by a political geometer . The author solves some long-standing problems in Hobbesian political philosophy (e.g., the role of glory, Hobbes' pessimism) and shows the consistency of Hobbes' attempt to derive absolutism as the only stable political association. Although based on extensive textual analysis of Hobbes' works and correspondence, the book is an exercise in political philosophy that students will find iconoclastic and experts challenging.

Book Reason and Rhetoric in the Philosophy of Hobbes

Download or read book Reason and Rhetoric in the Philosophy of Hobbes written by Quentin Skinner and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1996-02-22 with total page 497 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An outstanding new interpretation of Hobbes, one of the most difficult and challenging of political philosophers.

Book Thomas Hobbes

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  • Author : Gabriella Slomp
  • Publisher : Routledge
  • Release : 2017-05-15
  • ISBN : 1351879138
  • Pages : 888 pages

Download or read book Thomas Hobbes written by Gabriella Slomp and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-05-15 with total page 888 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The aim of this collection is twofold: on the one hand, it brings together the most significant and influential articles on Hobbes that have been published in the twentieth century; on the other hand, it aims at capturing the trend of fragmentation of Hobbes studies offering a taste of early epic interpretations that engaged with the whole of Hobbes’s theory, and a taste of later works interested in capturing more limited narratives and at recounting parallel stories that seem to be running through Hobbes’s works. The introduction offers a compass to orient the reader’s journey through the collection.

Book Hobbes and the Paradoxes of Political Origins

Download or read book Hobbes and the Paradoxes of Political Origins written by M. Kramer and published by Springer. This book was released on 1997-06-30 with total page 155 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book expounds an analytical method that focuses on paradoxes - a method originally associated with deconstructive philosophy, but bearing little resemblance to the interpretive techniques that have come to be designated as 'deconstruction' in literary studies. The book then applies its paradox-focused method as it undertakes a sustained investigation of Thomas Hobbe's political philosophy. Hobbes's theory of the advent and purpose of government turns out to reveal the impossibility of the very developments which it portrays as indispensable.

Book Thomas Hobbes

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  • Author : Johann P. Sommerville
  • Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
  • Release : 1992-07-13
  • ISBN : 1349221317
  • Pages : 249 pages

Download or read book Thomas Hobbes written by Johann P. Sommerville and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 1992-07-13 with total page 249 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Johann Sommerville's is an impeccable textbook. Simply written, it provides exposition of Hobbes' arguments in the context of English and continental thought'. P. Springborg, University of Sydney, Political Studies, Vol. XL1, No 2 6/93 Thomas Hobbes was probably the greatest of British political theorists. Too often commentators have failed to grasp his meaning because they have ignored the historical context in which he wrote. Drawing on much recent scholarship and on many little-known seventeenth century sources, this book presents a lucid and jargon-free examination of Hobbes' arguments, setting them against a background of the ideas of his contemporaries and of the political events of his lifetime. By viewing Hobbes in his context, the book both clarifies his theories and illuminates European thinking at a critical stage in the development of modern political ideas.

Book The Renaissance and 17th Century Rationalism

Download or read book The Renaissance and 17th Century Rationalism written by Prof G H R Parkinson and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2023-05-09 with total page 478 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This fourth volume traces the history of Renaissance philosophy and seventeenth century rationalism, covering Descartes and the birth of modern philosophy.

Book Hobbes Studies  1879 1979

Download or read book Hobbes Studies 1879 1979 written by William Sacksteder and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Uses of Antiquity

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  • Author : Stephen Gaukroger
  • Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
  • Release : 2013-03-07
  • ISBN : 940113412X
  • Pages : 288 pages

Download or read book The Uses of Antiquity written by Stephen Gaukroger and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-03-07 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The institutionalization of History and Philosophy of Science as a distinct field of scholarly endeavour began comparatively earl- though not always under that name - in the Australasian region. An initial lecturing appointment was made at the University of Melbourne immediately after the Second World War, in 1946, and other appoint ments followed as the subject underwent an expansion during the 1950s and 1960s similar to that which took place in other parts of the world. Today there are major Departments at the University of Melbourne, the University of New South Wales and the University of W ollongong, and smaller groups active in many other parts of Australia and in New Zealand. 'Australasian Studies in History and Philosophy of Science' aims to provide a distinctive pUblication outlet for Australian and New Zealand scholars working in the general area of history, philosophy and social studies of science. Each volume comprises a group of essays on a connected theme, edited by an Australian or a New Zealander with special expertise in that particular area. Papers address general issues, however, rather than local ones; parochial topics are avoided. Further more, though in each volume a majority of the contributors is from Australia or New Zealand, contributions from elsewhere are by no means ruled out. Quite the reverse, in fact - they are actively encouraged wherever appropriate to the balance of the volume in question.

Book Western Political Thought

Download or read book Western Political Thought written by Robert Eccleshall and published by Manchester University Press. This book was released on 1995 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a guide to the vast amount of literature on the history of political thought which has appeared in English since 1945. The editors provide an annotation of the content of many entries and, where appropriate, indicate their significance, controversial nature and readability.

Book Encyclopedia of Rhetoric and Composition

Download or read book Encyclopedia of Rhetoric and Composition written by Theresa Enos and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-10-08 with total page 828 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First Published in 1996. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.