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Hobbes

Book by Leslie Stephen; Macmillan & Co., 1904

Subjects:

Hobbes, Thomas--1588-1679

Collections: Philosophy, Entire Library

ENGLISH MEN OF LETTERS HOBBES ENGLISH MEN OF LETTERS HOBBES BY SIR LESLIE STEPHEN LONDON: MACMILLAN CO...173 INDEX 239 HOBBES CHAPTER I LIFE THE biographer of the present...
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Hobbes

Book by Richard Tuck; Oxford University Press, 1989

Subjects:

Hobbes, Thomas--1588-1679

Collections: Philosophy, Entire Library

Thomas Hobbes was the first great English political philosopher, and his book, Leviathan, was one of the first truly modern works of philosophy. This book looks at Hobbes in the context of his era, and examines the importance of his work.
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Hobbes and His Critics

Book by John Bowle; Jonathon Cape, 1951

Subjects:

Hobbes, Thomas--1588-1679

Collections: Entire Library

HOBBES AND HIS CRITICS By the same author WESTERN POLITICAL THOUGHT THE UNITY OF EUROPEAN HISTORY HOBBES AND HIS CRITICS A Study in Seventeenth Century Constitutionalism...CRITICS DESCRIBED 13 II HOBBES RECONSIDERED 40 III...
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Hobbes, Locke, and Confusion's Masterpiece: An Examination of Seventeenth-Century Political Philosophy

Book by Ross Harrison; Cambridge University Press, 2003

Subjects:

Hobbes, Thomas--1588-1679--Contributions In Political Science, Locke, John--1632-1704--Contributions In Political Science, Political Science--History--17th Century

Collections: Philosophy, History, Entire Library

In this major study of the foundations of modern political theory, the eminent political philosopher Ross Harrison explains, analyzes, and criticizes the work of Hobbes, Locke and their contemporaries. He provides a complete account of the turbulent historical background that shaped the political ...
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In this major study of the foundations of modern political theory, the eminent political philosopher Ross Harrison explains, analyzes, and criticizes the work of Hobbes, Locke and their contemporaries. He provides a complete account of the turbulent historical background that shaped the political, intellectual and religious content of this philosophy. The book explores the limits of political authority and the relationship of the legitimacy of government to the will of its people in non-technical, accessible prose.
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Hobbes and History

Book by G. A.J. Rogers, Tom Sorell; Routledge, 2000

Subjects:

History--Philosophy, Hobbes, Thomas--1588-1679

Collections: Philosophy, Entire Library

Popularly known as political philosophy, much of Thomas Hobbes' work can be read as historical commentary, this text explores the relation of Hobbes' work to history as a branch of learning, taking up such questions as the philosophy of history.

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Journal Articles on: hobbes

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The Tolerant Leviathan: Hobbes and the Paradox of Liberalism

Journal article by J. Judd Owen; Polity, Vol. 37, 2005

Subjects:

Hobbes, Thomas, Locke, John, Rawls, John

Collections: Entire Library

The Tolerant Leviathan: Hobbes and the Paradox of Liberalism. by J. Judd Owen Introduction...considering that most paradoxical of liberal thinkers, Thomas Hobbes. Hobbess clear emphasis on securing the authority of sovereign over subjects...
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The Disciplined Citizen: Thomas Hobbes, Neostoicism and the Critique of Classical Citizenship

Journal article by David Burchell; The Australian Journal of Politics and History, Vol. 45, 1999

Subjects:

Citizenship--Philosophy, De Cive (Book)--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Hobbes, Thomas--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Collections: Philosophy, History, Entire Library

The Disciplined Citizen: Thomas Hobbes, Neostoicism and the Critique of Classical...Citizenship. by DAVID BURCHELL Hobbes and Citizenship In recent years the...passive accounts of citizenship is Thomas Hobbes: while the "neo-Roman" theory of citizenship...
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Hobbes on Hypotheses in Natural Philosophy

Journal article by Frank Horstmann; The Monist, Vol. 84, 2001

Subjects:

Hobbes, Thomas--Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Hypothesis (Logic)--Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Hypothesis--Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Physics--History

Collections: Philosophy, Entire Library

Hobbes on Hypotheses in Natural Philosophy. by Frank Horstmann INTRODUCTION Thomas Hobbes adheres to a conception of philosophy as causal knowledge...another issue of The Monist. (1) Referring to Aristotle, Hobbes states explicitly in two mathematical studies of the 1660s...
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Of Hobbes and Hospitality in Diderot's Supplement to the Voyage of Bougainville

Journal article by Jimmy Casas Klausen; Polity, Vol. 37, 2005

Subjects:

Diderot, Denis, Distillate oils, Hobbes, Thomas, Private banking, Rousseau, Jean-Jacques

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Of Hobbes and Hospitality in Diderots Supplement...international relations theory as one might do of Hobbesian, Grotian, or Kantian theories. For this...international state of war that he could glean from Hobbess Leviathan. Far from being evidently analogous...
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Thomas Hobbes: Was He an Atheist

Journal article by Criseyda Cox; History Review, 1997

Subjects:

Atheism--History, Hobbes, Thomas--Religion

Collections: Religious Studies, History, Entire Library

Thomas Hobbes: was he an atheist by Criseyda...God the Creator. Those contemporaries of Hobbes, who `smashed the crystal spheres as if...to these religious aberrations. Thomas Hobbes It was in these `Lunatick times that...

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Magazine Articles on: hobbes

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Leviathan Harpooned: Aware of the Dangers Posed by Judges and the Law, Thomas Hobbes Offered a Solution

Magazine article by Gary L. Mcdowell; National Review, Vol. 49, June 30, 1997

Subjects:

Hobbes, Thomas--Criticism and interpretation, Political philosophy, Political science--Beliefs, opinions and attitudes

Collections: Philosophy, Entire Library

...Dangers Posed by Judges and the Law, Thomas Hobbes Offered a Solution. by Gary L...the great political philosopher Thomas Hobbes has had one long stretch of bad luck...stakes. In his essay on John Bramhall, Hobbess most persistent contemporary critic, T...
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The Real Foreign-Policy Debate; It's Not Just Democrats vs. Republicans. It's Locke vs. Hobbes

Magazine article by John B. Judis; The American Prospect, Vol. 13, May 6, 2002

Subjects:

Biden, Joseph R.--Foreign relations, Bush, George W.--Foreign relations, International relations--Political aspects, National security--Political aspects

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...Democrats vs. Republicans. Its Locke vs. Hobbes by John B. Judis THE BUSH...without the support of other countries. HOBBES VERSUS LOCKE. These seemingly tactical...11 attacks confirmed their views that a Hobbesian state of nature stirs beneath the post-Cold...
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Hobbes in the Himalayas: The Situation in Horrible, Magical Modern Kashmir-Where East Battles East in a War That Fuses the Psychopathic and the Apocalyptic-Defies Political Analysis. but Salman Rushdie's New Novel Captures It as Nothing Else Can

Magazine article by Christopher Hitchens; The Atlantic Monthly, Vol. 296, September 2005

Subjects:

Books--Book reviews, Shalimar the Clown : A Novel (Novel)--Book reviews

Collections: Entire Library

Hobbes in the Himalayas: The Situation in Horrible, Magical Modern Kashmir-Where East Battles East in a War That Fuses the Psychopathic...perpetrators, and the number of "false-flag" tactics employed by them, made a mockery out of any analysis. Rushdie captures this Hobbesian nightmare very well, by means of a reverie of General Kachhwaha. Already the army had made contact...
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What Camilla Owes to Rousseau

Magazine article by Alain De Botton; New Statesman, Vol. 127, July 17, 1998

Subjects:

British--Social aspects, Ethics, Modern--Influence, Hobbes, Thomas--Influence, Rousseau, Jean-Jacques--Influence

Collections: Entire Library

...be said to owe something to the thought of Thomas Hobbes. Both Hobbes and Rousseau recognised that the political structures...like: for Rousseau, essentially benign and noble; for Hobbes, essentially aggressive and irrational. Which explains...
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Leviathan

Magazine article by William Gass; Artforum International, Vol. 40, November 2001

Subjects:

Hobbes, Thomas--Works, Leviathan (Book)--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Collections: Entire Library

...I have by heart. The book is by Thomas Hobbes and he called it Leviathan. It was the...much risk to himself (a timorous sort), Hobbes set down his verdict concerning the nature...they skim from the Milk." The fairies, Hobbes knows, are one kind of fiction, the ecclesiastics...

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Newspaper Articles on: hobbes

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Hobbes Lacks Heat; Appliance of Science: Rotten (Angus Wright) and Black (James Garnon) Watch the Philosopher Thomas Hobbes (Stephen Boxer)

Newspaper article; The Evening Standard (London, England), November 19, 2008

Subjects:

Hobbes, Thomas, Theater--Theater reviews

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

Hobbes Lacks Heat; Appliance of Science: Rotten (Angus Wright) and Black (James Garnon) Watch the Philosopher Thomas Hobbes (Stephen Boxer). Byline: NICHOLAS DE JONGH The Tragedy of Thomas Hobbes RSC at Wiltons Music Hall .. . . . .. THERE are some rare plays over which one would...
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Geneva Schools Might Pull Calvin and Hobbes Cartoon Book

Newspaper article by Rupa Shenoy; Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), March 24, 2006

Subjects:

Calvin and Hobbes (Comic strip)--Reports, Elementary schools--Reports

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

Geneva Schools Might Pull Calvin and Hobbes Cartoon Book. by Rupa Shenoy...committee Thursday to decide if a Calvin and Hobbes cartoon book - on some district elementary...and 17th-century philosopher, Calvin and Hobbes are a 6-year-old boy and imaginary tabby...
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Schools to Keep Calvin & Hobbes Librarians Can Restrict at Geneva Schools

Newspaper article by Rupa Shenoy; Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), April 5, 2006

Subjects:

Librarians

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

Schools to Keep Calvin Hobbes Librarians Can Restrict at Geneva Schools...6-year-old Calvin, of the Calvin and Hobbes cartoon strip, sits in bed, watching...said Tuesday that the first Calvin and Hobbes book, containing this strip and others...
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It's a Mess, but a Truly Glorious One; Debate: Stephen Boxer as Hobbes

Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), November 21, 2008

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...Glorious One; Debate: Stephen Boxer as Hobbes. Byline: PATRICK MARMION The Tragedy Of Thomas Hobbes (Wiltons Music Hall) Verdict: Monstrous...17th-century political philosopher Thomas Hobbes. He was the author of Leviathan, the treatise...
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Oversexed and over Here ... Verdict on Carrie and Co; Manhattan Transfer: Sarah Jessica Parker, Who Plays Carrie Bradshaw, Kim Cattrall (Samantha Jones) Cynthia Nixon (Miranda Hobbes) and Kristin Davis (Charlotte Goldenblatt) at the World Premiere in Leicester Square

Newspaper article; The Evening Standard (London, England), May 13, 2008

Subjects:

Sex and the City (Motion picture)--Cases

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...Co; Manhattan Transfer: Sarah Jessica Parker, Who Plays Carrie Bradshaw, Kim Cattrall (Samantha Jones) Cynthia Nixon (Miranda Hobbes) and Kristin Davis (Charlotte Goldenblatt) at the World Premiere in Leicester Square. Byline: VALENTINE LOW THEY came...

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Encyclopedia Articles on: hobbes

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Hobbes, Thomas

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

HOBBES, THOMAS hobz, 1588 1679, English philosopher, grad...1608. For many years a tutor in the Cavendish family, Hobbes took great interest in mathematics, physics, and the contemporary...Homine (1658), and Behemoth (1680). In the Leviathan, Hobbes developed his political philosophy. He argued from a mechanistic...
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Spinoza, Baruch

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...and the works of Rene Descartes, Thomas Hobbes, and other writers of the period, and...proceed from a premise similar to that of Hobbes that men call "good" whatever gives them...Philosophy Politically, Spinoza and Hobbes again share assumptions about the social...
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Commonwealth

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

COMMONWEALTH form of administration signifying government by the common consent of the people. To Locke and Hobbes and other 17th-century writers the term meant an organized political community similar to what is meant in the 20th cent. by the...
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Social Contract

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...contract, first formulated by the English philosophers Thomas Hobbes (in the Leviathan, 1651) and John Locke, assumes that men...government, and no organized coercion of the individual by the group. Hobbes maintained that by the social contract men had surrendered their...
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Cambridge Platonists

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...philosophers, centered at Cambridge in the latter half of the 17th cent. In reaction to the mechanical philosophy of Thomas Hobbes this school revived certain Platonic and Neoplatonic ideas. Chief among these was a mystical conception of the souls relation...

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