Screen LibraryA companion to Hobbes /
"Thomas Hobbes is widely considered to be one of the founders of modern political philosophy. Although best known for his seminal book Leviathan, Hobbes produced a wide range of writings, from translations of texts by Homer and Thucydides, to interpretations of Biblical books, to works devoted...
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Wiley Blackwell,
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| Publisher Address: | Hoboken, NJ : |
| Publication Dates: | 2021. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Blackwell companions to philosophy
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"Thomas Hobbes is widely considered to be one of the founders of modern political philosophy. Although best known for his seminal book Leviathan, Hobbes produced a wide range of writings, from translations of texts by Homer and Thucydides, to interpretations of Biblical books, to works devoted to geometry, optics, morality, and religion. Hobbes viewed himself as a systematic philosopher-- presenting a unified method for theoretcial and practical science. In this new Companion, a panel of leading scholars provides close textual engagement with the thoughts of Thomas Hobbes while philosophically probing his viewpoints concerning natural philosophy, mathematics, human nature, civil philosophy, religion, and more. This skillfully curated collecction of essays presents readers with a number of entry points into Hobbe's thoght and across his interconnected system of philosophy. Throughout the text, readers gain an appreciation of the unity and diversity of Hobbes's philosophy as they explore the reception of Hobbes by thinkers such as Rene Descartes, Margaret Cavendish, David Hume, and Immanuel Kant. A Companion to Hobbes is an invaluable resource for all scholars and advanced students of early modern thought seeking to investigate the connecting points between Hobbes's metaphysics, epistemology, mathematics, natural philosophy, morality, and civil philosophy-- |
| Carrier Form: | xiii, 521 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: |
9781119634997 1119634997 |
| Index Number: | B1247 |
| CLC: | B561.22 |
| Call Number: | B561.22/C737 |
| Contents: |
The Presentation and Structure of Thomas Hobbes's Philosophy / First Philosophy, Mathematics, and Natural Philosophy -- Hobbes's Unified Method for Scientia / The Stoic Roots of Hobbes's Natural Philosophy and First Philosophy / Hobbesian Mathematics and the Dispute with Wallis / Explanations in Hobbes's Optics and Natural Philosophy / Human Nature and Morality -- "A Most Useful Economy" : Hobbes on Linguistic Meaning and Understanding / Hobbes's Theory of the Good : Felicity by Anticipatory Pleasure / In Search of "A Constant Civill Amity" : Hobbes on Friendship and Sociability / Hobbes on Power and Gender Relations / The State of Nature as a Continuum Concept / Hobbes's Minimalist Moral Theory / Civil Philosophy. -- Hobbesian Persons and Representation / Hobbes's Account of Authorizing a Sovereign / The Strength and Significance of Subjects' Rights in Leviathan / Hobbes on Sovereignty and Its Strains / Hobbes on International Ethics / Religion -- Against Philosophical Darkness : A Political Conception of Enlightenment / Hobbes on Submission to God / Thomas Hobbes and the Christian Commonwealth / Hobbes and Toleration / Hobbes, Rome's Enemy / Hobbes and the Papal Monarchy / Controversies and Reception. Body and Space in Hobbes and Descartes / Hobbes's Mechanical Philosophy and Its English Critics / Cudworth as a Critic of Hobbes / Cavendish and Hobbes on Causation / Striving, Happiness, and the Good : Spinoza as Follower and Critic of Hobbes / Hobbes and Astell on War and Peace / Hobbes and Hume on Human Nature : "Much of a Dispute of Words?" / He Shows "Genius" and Is "More Useful than Pufendorf" : Kant's Reception of Hobbes / Catharine Macaulay and the Reception of Hobbes During the Eighteenth Century / |