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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