Hobbes and History / Edition 1

Hobbes and History / Edition 1

ISBN-10:
041540830X
ISBN-13:
9780415408301
Pub. Date:
05/01/2006
Publisher:
Taylor & Francis
ISBN-10:
041540830X
ISBN-13:
9780415408301
Pub. Date:
05/01/2006
Publisher:
Taylor & Francis
Hobbes and History / Edition 1

Hobbes and History / Edition 1

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Overview

Much of Thomas Hobbes's work can be read as historical commentary, taking up questions in the philosophy of history and the rhetorical possibilities of written history. This collection of scholarly essays explores the relation of Hobbes's work to history as a branch of learning.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780415408301
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Publication date: 05/01/2006
Series: Routledge Studies in Seventeenth-Century Philosophy
Pages: 212
Product dimensions: 6.12(w) x 9.19(h) x (d)

About the Author

Rogers, G.A. John; Sorell, Thomas

Table of Contents

Part One: Hobbes and History
1. Hobbes's Concept of History 2. When Hobbes Needed History 3. Hobbes and Historiography: Why the Future, He says, Does not Exist 4. Hobbes, History and Wisdom 5. Hobbes's Uses of the History of Philosophy
Part Two: Hobbesian Histories 6. Hobbes and Tacitus 7. The Peace of Silence: Thucydides and the English Civil War 8. Hobbes's Behemoth 9. Hobbes and Sacred History 10. Hobbes, Selden, Erastianism and the History of the Jews
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