Hobbes and History

G.A. John Rogers, Thomas Sorell (Herausgeber)

Buch | Softcover

212 Seiten

2006
Routledge (Verlag)
978-0-415-40830-1 (ISBN)

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This collection of scholarly essays explores the relation of Hobbes' work to history as a branch of learning.

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.

Rogers, G.A. John; Sorell, Thomas

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

Erscheint lt. Verlag	1.5.2006
Reihe/Serie	Routledge Studies in Seventeenth-Century Philosophy
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 234 mm
Gewicht	294 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Geschichtstheorie / Historik
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Geschichte der Philosophie
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Philosophie der Neuzeit
ISBN-10	0-415-40830-X / 041540830X
ISBN-13	978-0-415-40830-1 / 9780415408301
Zustand	Neuware