Hobbes and History (eBook, PDF)

Redaktion: Rogers, G. A. John; Sorell, Thomas

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

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.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 208
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. Januar 2013
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781134591541
• Artikelnr.: 42976867

Autorenporträt

Rogers, G.A. John; Sorell, Thomas

Inhaltsangabe

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