Although best known for political philosophy, 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. Indeed, Hobbes's concern with history as a discipline was central, life-long and profound. This book explores the relation of Hobbes' work to history as a branch of learning. Written by leading Hobbes scholars from five countries, the book is arranged into two sections. The first explores Hobbes's view of the nature of history, reconstructing his ideas from his uses of history as well as his comments about its nature and method. The second part examines the works of history written by Hobbes, from his first publication, a translation of Thucydides history of the Peloponnesian wars, to his classic interpretation of the English Civil War, Behemoth This book is an indispensable text for anybody with a scholarly interest in the thought of Thomas Hobbes. It will also be of interest to those working in the disciplines of philosophy, politics, history and law.
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G.A.J. Rogers is Professor of the History of Philosophy, Keele University. He is the author of Leviathan: Contemporary Responses to the Political Theory of Thomas Hobbes (1995), and the founding editor of the British Journal for the History of Philosophy. Tom Sorell is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Essex and the author of Hobbes (Routledge, 1986).
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foure serious questions, civil philosophy, unified sovereignty, unconditional sovereignty, sensationalist psychology, contractarian argument, political covenant, country house poem, great sanhedrin, divided sovereignty, civil science, civil history, epistle dedicatory Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Thomas Hobbes, Historia Ecclesiastica, Cambridge University Press, High Priest, Old Testament, Quentin Skinner, Westminster Assembly, Clarendon Press, Patricia Springborg, History of Political Thought, Long Parliament, Lord's Supper, Norman Conquest, Earl of Devonshire, William Davenant, Francis Bacon, Richard Tuck, John Selden, The Advancement of Learning, William Cavendish, New Testament, Tom Sorell, Beginning of Tacitus, Elements of Philosophy, English Works New!
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- The Advancement of Learning (Modern Library Science) by Francis Bacon on 6 pages
- The Peloponnesian War by Thucydides on 6 pages
- Reason and Rhetoric in the Philosophy of Hobbes by Quentin Skinner on 4 pages
- Aubrey's Brief Lives (Nonpareil Books, No 77) by John Aubrey on 4 pages
- Thomas Hobbes by Leslie Stephen in Front Matter, page 69, and page 180
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- Leviathan after 350 Years (Mind Association Occasional) by Tom Sorell in Front Matter, page 35, and page 288
- Printed Voices: The Renaissance Culture of Dialogue by Dorothea Heitsch on page 188, and Back Matter
- Renaissance England's Chief Rabbi: John Selden by Jason P. Rosenblatt on page 244, and Back Matter
- Karl Schuhmann, Selected papers on Renaissance philosophy and on Thomas Hobbes by Karl Schuhmann in Back Matter
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