Routledge Philosophy Guidebook to Hobbes
✍ Glen Newey
📂 Library
📅 2002
🏛 Routledge
🌐 English
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Routledge Philosophy Guidebook to Hobbes and Leviathan (Routledge Philosophy Guidebooks)
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- 2002
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✦ Synopsis
Hobbes is one of the most important figures in the history of ideas and political thought and his book Leviathan is widely recognized as one of the greatest works of political philosophy. In this GuideBook Glen Newey offers a balanced guide to this key text that explores both its historical and philosophical aspects. The author introduces: the relevance of Hobbes' ideas to modern political thought the major interpretations of Leviathan Hobbes' life and the background of Leviathan The Routledge Philosophy GuideBook to Hobbes and Leviathan is the ideal introduction for students who wish to understand more about this important philosopher and this classic work of philosophy.
✦ Table of Contents
BOOK COVER......Page 1
TITLE......Page 5
COPYRIGHT......Page 6
CONTENTS......Page 7
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS......Page 8
INTRODUCTION......Page 11
1 HOBBES’S LIFE......Page 18
2 LEVIATHAN: THE BOOK......Page 33
3 HUMAN KNOWLEDGE, REASON AND IGNORANCE......Page 43
4 THE STATE OF NATURE: LAW AND RIGHT......Page 60
5 STATE OF NATURE TO COMMONWEALTH......Page 79
6 CONTRACT AND CONSENT......Page 97
7 SOVEREIGNTY, STATE, COMMONWEALTH......Page 116
8 LAW, CRIME, PUNISHMENT......Page 135
9 RELIGIOUS LIBERTY AND TOLERATION......Page 152
10 LEVIATHAN AND INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS......Page 170
CONCLUSION......Page 186
NOTES......Page 190
BIBLIOGRAPHY......Page 197
INDEX......Page 208
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