Author: Thomas BrownePublisher:
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Category : Divine right of kings
Languages : en
Pages : 80
Book Description
An Ansvver to Dr. Sherlock's Case of Allegiance to Sovereign Powers
Author: Thomas BrownePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Divine right of kings
Languages : en
Pages : 80
Book Description
A Catalogue of the Library of the London Institution: The tracts and pamphlets [A-Fyson
Author: London Institution. LibraryPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Classified catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 730
Book Description
Hobbes's Political Philosophy
Author: A.P. MartinichPublisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0197531733
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 292
Book Description
Thomas Hobbes, the greatest English political philosopher, argued that human beings needed government in order to save their lives from being "solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short." They form governments by making a contract with each other to support a sovereign, to whom they give their right of governing themselves. In other words, government is artificial and not natural to human beings. Hobbes's arguments are formidable, but often unacceptable. For example, few people believe Hobbes's claim that the authority of their government is unlimited. Government needs to be limited in some way, such as a system of check and balances, to prevent tyranny. Identifying exactly where Hobbes went wrong is difficult, but also illuminates the truth about government. Hobbes's Political Philosophy: Interpretation and Interpretations aims to clarify Hobbes's positions by examining what Hobbes considered a science of politics, a set of timeless truths grounded in definitions. A.P. Martinich explains this science of politics, examining Hobbes's views on the laws of nature, authorization and representation, sovereignty by acquisition, and others. He argues that in addition to the timeless science, Hobbes had two timebound projects. The first was to eliminate the apparent conflict between the new science of Copernicus and Galileo and traditional Christian doctrine by distinguishing science from religion and understanding Christianity as essentially belief in the literal meaning of the Bible. The second was to show that Christianity is not politically destabilizing by appealing to biblical teachings such as "Servants, obey your masters," and "All authority comes from God." In examining Hobbes's views on political philosophy, Martinich gives a comprehensive overview of Hobbes's historical context and puts his arguments in dialogue with other interpretations of Hobbes's philosophy, drawing on the work of scholars such as Jeffrey Collins, Edwin Curley, John Deigh, and Quentin Skinner. This new interpretation of Hobbes's work will be of interest to philosophers interested in the history of philosophy as well as those interested in political philosophy, theology, and moral philosophy.
A History of the Convocation of the Church of England from the Earliest Period to the Year 1742
Author: Thomas LathburyPublisher:
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Category : Councils and synods, Provincial
Languages : en
Pages : 596
Book Description
Catalogue of the Library of the Corporation of the City of London. Instituted in the Year 1824: M-Z and additions to June, 1889
Author: Guildhall Library (London, England)Publisher:
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Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 574
Book Description
A History of the Convocation of the Church of England: Being an Account of the Proceedings of Anglican Ecclesiastical Councils from the Earliest Period
Author: Thomas LathburyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Councils and synods
Languages : en
Pages : 444
Book Description
Forster Collection
Author: South Kensington Museum. Forster CollectionPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : English literature
Languages : en
Pages : 768
Book Description
Taming the Leviathan
Author: Jon ParkinPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107321182
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 795
Book Description
Thomas Hobbes is widely acknowledged as the most important political philosopher to have written in English. Originally published in 2007, Taming the Leviathan is a wide-ranging study of the English reception of Hobbes's ideas. In the first book-length treatment of the topic for over forty years, Jon Parkin follows the fate of Hobbes's texts (particularly Leviathan) and the development of his controversial reputation during the seventeenth century, revealing the stakes in the critical discussion of the philosopher and his ideas. Revising the traditional view that Hobbes was simply rejected by his contemporaries, Parkin demonstrates that Hobbes's work was too useful for them to ignore, but too radical to leave unchallenged. His texts therefore had to be controlled, their lessons absorbed and their author discredited. In other words the Leviathan had to be tamed. Taming the Leviathan significantly revised our understanding of the role of Hobbes and Hobbism in seventeenth-century England.
The Term Catalogues, 1668-1709, (A.D.; with a Number for Easter Term, 1711 A.D.): 1683-1696
Author: Edward ArberPublisher:
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Category : Booksellers' catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 694
Book Description
The Term Catalogues, 1668-1709 A.D.: 1683-1696
Author: Edward ArberPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Booksellers' catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 696
Book Description