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9780198239147

Perspectives on Thomas Hobbes

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  • ISBN13:

    9780198239147

  • ISBN10:

    0198239149

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 1991-02-21
  • Publisher: Clarendon Press

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The papers in this collection provide views on central aspects of Thomas Hobbes's (1588-1679) life and work. The collection testifies to his enduring importance as a major philosopher four hundred years after his birth, and helps to unravel aspects of his intellectual biography which arerelevant to a proper appreciation of his philosophy. The contributors are: G. A. J. Rogers, Alan Ryan, David Gauthier, Noel Malcolm, Arrigo Pacchi, David Raphael, Tom Sorrell, Francois Tricaud, and Richard Tuck. This is the first volume in a new series sponsored by the Mind Association.

Table of Contents

Introduction
Hobbes and Descartes
Hobbes and the Royal Society
The science in Hobbes's politics
Hobbes and individualism
Hobbes's conception of the state of nature from 1640 to 1651: Evolution and ambiguities
Hobbes's social contract
Hobbes on justice
Hobbes and the problem of God
Hobbes's hidden influence
Index of names
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