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Companion to Hobbes

Inbunden, Engelska, 2021

AvMarcus P. Adams,Marcus P. Adams,Marcus P. (State University of New York at Albany) Adams

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Offers comprehensive treatment of Thomas Hobbes’s thought, providing readers with different ways of understanding Hobbes as a systematic philosopher As one of the founders of modern political philosophy, Thomas Hobbes is best known for his ideas regarding the nature of legitimate government and the necessity of society submitting to the absolute authority of sovereign power. Yet Hobbes produced a wide range of writings, from translations of texts by Homer and Thucydides, to interpretations of Biblical books, to works devoted to geometry, optics, morality, and religion. Hobbes viewed himself as presenting a unified method for theoretical and practical science—an interconnected system of philosophy that provides many entry points into his thought. A Companion to Hobbes is an expertly curated collection of essays offering close textual engagement with the thought of Thomas Hobbes in his major works while probing his ideas regarding natural philosophy, mathematics, human nature, civil philosophy, religion, and more. The Companion discusses the ways in which scholars have tried to understand the unity and diversity of Hobbes’s philosophical system and examines the reception of the different parts of Hobbes’s philosophy by thinkers such as René Descartes, Margaret Cavendish, David Hume, and Immanuel Kant. Presenting a diversity of fresh perspectives by both emerging and established scholars, this volume: Provides a comprehensive treatment of Hobbes’s thought in his works, including Elements of Law, Elements of Philosophy, and Leviathan Explores the connecting points between Hobbes’ metaphysics, epistemology, mathematics, natural philosophy, morality, and civil philosophy Offers readers strategies for understanding how the parts of Hobbes’s philosophical system fit together Examines Hobbes’s philosophy of mathematics and his attempts to understand geometrical objects and definitions Considers Hobbes’s philosophy in contexts such as the natural state of humans, gender relations, and materialist worldviews Challenges conceptions of Hobbes’s moral theory and his views about the rights of sovereigns Part of the acclaimed Blackwell Companions to Philosophy series, A Companion to Hobbes is an invaluable resource for scholars and advanced students of Early modern thought, particularly those from disciplines such as History of Philosophy, Political Philosophy, Intellectual History, History of Politics, Political Theory, and English.

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Utgivningsdatum2021-10-18
Mått10 x 10 x 10 mm
Vikt454 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
SerieBlackwell Companions to Philosophy
Antal sidor544
FörlagJohn Wiley and Sons Ltd
ISBN9781119634997

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Notes on Contributors viiiIntroduction: The Presentation and Structure of Thomas Hobbes's Philosophy 1Marcus P. AdamsAbbreviations for Citations to Hobbes's Works 20Part I First Philosophy, Mathematics, and Natural Philosophy 231 Hobbes's Unified Method for Scientia 25Helen Hattab2 The Stoic Roots of Hobbes's Natural Philosophy and First Philosophy 45Geoffrey Gorham3 Hobbesian Mathematics and the Dispute with Wallis 57Douglas Jesseph4 Explanations in Hobbes's Optics and Natural Philosophy 75Marcus P. AdamsPart II Human Nature and Morality 915 "A Most Useful Economy": Hobbes on Linguistic Meaning and Understanding 93R. W. McIntyre6 Hobbes’s Theory of the Good: Felicity by Anticipatory Pleasure 109Arash Abizadeh7 In search of "A Constant Civill Amity": Hobbes on Friendship and Sociability 125Gabriella Slomp8 Hobbes on Power and Gender Relations 139Sandra Leonie Field9 The State of Nature as a Continuum Concept 156S. A. Lloyd10 Hobbes's Minimalist Moral Theory 171Michael J. GreenPart III Civil Philosophy 18511 Hobbesian Persons and Representation 187Mónica Brito Vieira12 Hobbes's Account of Authorizing a Sovereign 203Rosamond Rhodes13 The Strength and Significance of Subjects' Rights in Leviathan 221Eleanor Curran14 Hobbes on Sovereignty and Its Strains 236Tom Sorell15 Hobbes on International Ethics 252Johan OlsthoornPart IV Religion 26916 Against Philosophical Darkness: A Political Conception of Enlightenment 271Luc Foisneau17 Hobbes on Submission to God 287Michael Byron18 Thomas Hobbes and the Christian Commonwealth 303Jeffrey Collins19 Hobbes and Toleration 318Johann Sommerville20 Hobbes, Rome's Enemy 332Franck Lessay21 Hobbes and the Papal Monarchy 348Patricia SpringborgPart V Controversies and Reception 36522 Body and Space in Hobbes and Descartes 367Edward Slowik23 Hobbes's Mechanical Philosophy and Its English Critics 381John Henry24 Cudworth as a Critic of Hobbes 398Stewart Duncan25 Cavendish and Hobbes on Causation 413Marcy P. Lascano26 Striving, Happiness, and the Good: Spinoza as Follower and Critic of Hobbes 431Justin Steinberg27 Hobbes and Astell on War and Peace 448Jacqueline Broad28 Hobbes and Hume on Human Nature: "Much of a Dispute of Words?" 463Alexandra Chadwick29 He Shows "Genius" and Is "More Useful than Pufendorf": Kant's Reception of Hobbes 478Howard Williams30 Catharine Macaulay and the Reception of Hobbes During the Eighteenth Century 492Karen GreenIndex 505