Contents Acknowledgments xi Prelude xiii A Melvillian Overture: Moby-Dick and Philosophy 3 Part One: The problematical Leviathan: Κακοφουια 25 1: Curiosity about Causes and the Problem of Religion 29 2: Reality and the Problem of Materialism 51 3: The Aristotelian Analysis of Cause 63 4: The Human Psyche and the Problem of Chance71 5: The Causes of a Commonwealth 79 6: Nature and the Problem of Teleology 84 7: The Essentials of Baconian Science 95 8: The Baconian Character of Hobbes' Political Project 106 9: Philosophy and the Problem of Determinism 114 10: Reason and the Problem of Revelation 133 11: Rationality and the Problem of Reason 145 12: Science and the Problem of Language 169 13: Honour and the Problem of Natural Law 198 14: Nobility and the Problem of Hedonism 220 15: Justice and the Problem of Regimes 246 16: Equity and the Problem of Egoism 267 A Conradian Intermezzo: Variations on the State of Nature 295 Part Two: The Paltonic Leviathan: cΑρμουια 327 17: The Crucial Paragraph: Platonic Intimations 329 18: The Heartless Introduction: Hobbes's Disposable Physiology 355 19: The Original State of Nature: Hobbes's Paleo-anthropology 369 20: The Ever-Present State of Nature: Greeks versus Barbarians 389 21: The Nature of Men: Equality as a Useful Lie 418 22: The Place of Philosophy: The Kingship of Hobbes 445 23: A Colossus of Irony: The Latent Platonism of Leviathan 479 A Melvillian Coda: Moby-Dick as Fourfold Allegory 499 Postlude 525 Notes 541 Bibliography 675 Index of Names 685
Contents Acknowledgments xi Prelude xiii A Melvillian Overture: Moby-Dick and Philosophy 3 Part One: The problematical Leviathan: Κακοφουια 25 1: Curiosity about Causes and the Problem of Religion 29 2: Reality and the Problem of Materialism 51 3: The Aristotelian Analysis of Cause 63 4: The Human Psyche and the Problem of Chance71 5: The Causes of a Commonwealth 79 6: Nature and the Problem of Teleology 84 7: The Essentials of Baconian Science 95 8: The Baconian Character of Hobbes' Political Project 106 9: Philosophy and the Problem of Determinism 114 10: Reason and the Problem of Revelation 133 11: Rationality and the Problem of Reason 145 12: Science and the Problem of Language 169 13: Honour and the Problem of Natural Law 198 14: Nobility and the Problem of Hedonism 220 15: Justice and the Problem of Regimes 246 16: Equity and the Problem of Egoism 267 A Conradian Intermezzo: Variations on the State of Nature 295 Part Two: The Paltonic Leviathan: cΑρμουια 327 17: The Crucial Paragraph: Platonic Intimations 329 18: The Heartless Introduction: Hobbes's Disposable Physiology 355 19: The Original State of Nature: Hobbes's Paleo-anthropology 369 20: The Ever-Present State of Nature: Greeks versus Barbarians 389 21: The Nature of Men: Equality as a Useful Lie 418 22: The Place of Philosophy: The Kingship of Hobbes 445 23: A Colossus of Irony: The Latent Platonism of Leviathan 479 A Melvillian Coda: Moby-Dick as Fourfold Allegory 499 Postlude 525 Notes 541 Bibliography 675 Index of Names 685
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