Author: Thomas HobbesPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 570
Book Description
The English Works of Thomas Hobbes of Malmesbury
Author: Thomas HobbesPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 570
Book Description
The English Works of Thomas Hobbes of Malmesbury
Author: Behemoth Or The Long Parliament
Author: Thomas HobbesPublisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 9780226345444
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 272
Book Description
Behemoth, or The Long Parliament is essential to any reader interested in the historical context of the thought of Thomas Hobbes (1588-1679). In De Cive (1642) and Leviathan (1651), the great political philosopher had developed an analytical framework for discussing sedition, rebellion, and the breakdown of authority. Behemoth, completed around 1668 and not published until after Hobbe's death, represents the systematic application of this framework to the English Civil War. In his insightful and substantial Introduction, Stephen Holmes examines the major themes and implications of Behemoth in Hobbes's system of thought. Holmes notes that a fresh consideration of Behemoth dispels persistent misreadings of Hobbes, including the idea that man is motivated solely by a desire for self-preservation. Behemoth, which is cast as a series of dialogues between a teacher and his pupil, locates the principal cause of the Civil War less in economic interests than in the stubborn irrationality of key actors. It also shows more vividly than any of Hobbe's other works the importance of religion in his theories of human nature and behavior.
The English Works
Author: TucididesHobbes' Tripos in three discourses. An answer to a book published by Dr. Bramhall, late Bishop of Derby, called The catching of the Leviathan, together with an historical narration concerning heresy, and the punishment thereof. Considerations upon the reputation, loyalty, manners, and religion of Thomas Hobbes. The answer of Mr. Hobbes to Sir William Davenant's preface before Gondibert
Author: Thomas HobbesLeviathan
Author: Thomas HobbesPublisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 048612214X
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 418
Book Description
Written during a moment in English history when the political and social structures were in flux and open to interpretation, Leviathan played an essential role in the development of the modern world.
Thomas Hobbes
Author: Aaron RosenbergPublisher: The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc
ISBN: 9781404204195
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 116
Book Description
Highlights the life and accomplishments of English philosopher, scholar, mathematician, and teacher Thomas Hobbes.
The Allegiance of Thomas Hobbes
Author: Jeffrey R. CollinsPublisher: OUP Oxford
ISBN: 0191556297
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 326
Book Description
The Allegiance of Thomas Hobbes offers a revisionist interpretation of Thomas Hobbes's evolving response to the English Revolution. It rejects the prevailing understanding of Hobbes as a consistent, if idiosyncratic, royalist, and vindicates the contemporaneous view that the publication of Leviathan marked Hobbes's accommodation with England's revolutionary regime. In sustaining these conclusions, Professor Collins foregrounds the religious features of Hobbes's writings, and maintains a contextual focus on the broader religious dynamics of the English Revolution itself. Hobbes and the Revolution are both placed within the tumultuous historical process that saw the emerging English state coercively secure jurisdictional control over national religion and the corporate church. Seen in the light of this history, Thomas Hobbes emerges as a theorist who moved with, rather than against, the revolutionary currents of his age. The strongest claim of the book is that Hobbes was motivated by his deep detestation of clerical power to break with the Stuart cause and to justify the religious policies of England's post-regicidal masters, including Oliver Cromwell. Methodologically, Professor Collins supplements intellectual or linguistic contextual analysis with original research into Hobbes's biography, the prosopography of his associates, the reception of Hobbes's published works, and the nature of the English Revolution as a religious conflict. This multi-dimensional contextual approach produces, among other fruits: a new understanding of the political implications of Leviathan; an original interpretation of Hobbes's civil war history, Behemoth; a clearer picture of Hobbes's career during the neglected period of the 1650s; and a revisionist interpretation of Hobbes's reaction to the emergence of English republicanism. By presenting Thomas Hobbes as a political actor within a precisely defined political context, Professor Collins has recovered the significance of Hobbes's writings as artefacts of the English Revolution.
Thomas Hobbes and the Politics of Natural Philosophy
Author: Stephen J. FinnPublisher: A&C Black
ISBN: 1847143318
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 206
Book Description
In 1625, Charles I inherited not only his father's crown, but also his desire to run the country without interference from Parliament. But many members of Parliament opposed the King on issues of taxation, religion and the royal prerogative. It was in this historical context that Hobbes presented a political philosophy that, at least in his opinion, achieved the status of a science, in a nation that was 'boiling hot with questions concerning the rights of dominion and the obedience due from subjects'. In this important new book, Stephen J. Finn argues that, contrary to the traditional interpretation, Hobbes's political views influence his theoretical and natural philosophy and not the other way about. Such an interpretation, it is argued, provides a better appreciation of Hobbes's writings, both philosophical and political.
Thomas Hobbes
Author: Preston T. KingPublisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 9780415080811
Category : Ethics
Languages : en
Pages : 552
Book Description
This collection brings together the rich periodical literature on one of the greatest English philosophers. These definitive essays range across Hobbes' work in ethics, metaphysics, law, politics, history, science and religion.