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9780192802552

Hobbes: A Very Short Introduction

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    9780192802552

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  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2002-08-29
  • Publisher: Oxford University Press
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Summary

Thomas Hobbes (1588-1679) was the first great English political philosopher, and his book Leviathan was one of the first truly modern works of philosophy. Richard Tuck shows that while Hobbes may indeed have been an atheist, he was far from pessimistic about human nature, nor did he advocate totalitarianism. By locating him against the context of his age, we learn that Hobbes developed a theory of knowledge which rivaled that of Descartes in its importance for the formation of modern philosophy.

Author Biography


Richard Tuck is Professor of Government at Harvard University. He is the author of Natural Rights Theories (1979) and Philosophy and Government 1572-1651 (1993), and has produced editions of Hobbes's Leviathan and (with Michael Silverthorne) De Cive.

Table of Contents

Preface xi
List of illustrations
xv
Hobbes's life
1(48)
Hobbes's work
49(55)
Interpretations of Hobbes
104(24)
Conclusion
128(4)
References 132(3)
Further reading 135(6)
Index 141

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