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Hobbes
Richard Tuck
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Description for Hobbes
Paperback. Thomas Hobbes, the first great English political philosopher, has had the reputation of being a pessimistic atheist. This study evaluates Hobbes's philosophy, describing him to have been passionately concerned with the refutation of scepticism, and to have developed a theory of knowledge, which rivalled that of Descartes in its importance. Series: Very Short Introductions. Num Pages: 168 pages, 11 halftones. BIC Classification: 3JB; BG; HPCD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 174 x 110 x 11. Weight in Grams: 132.
Thomas Hobbes, the first great English political philosopher, has long had the reputation of being a pessimistic atheist, who saw human nature as inevitably evil and proposed a totalitarian state to subdue human failings. In this illuminating study, Richard Tuck re-evaluates Hobbes's philosophy and dispels these myths, revealing him to have been passionately concerned with the refutation of scepticism, and to have developed a theory of knowledge which rivalled that of Descartes in its importance. ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. These pocket-sized books ... Read more
Thomas Hobbes, the first great English political philosopher, has long had the reputation of being a pessimistic atheist, who saw human nature as inevitably evil and proposed a totalitarian state to subdue human failings. In this illuminating study, Richard Tuck re-evaluates Hobbes's philosophy and dispels these myths, revealing him to have been passionately concerned with the refutation of scepticism, and to have developed a theory of knowledge which rivalled that of Descartes in its importance. ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. These pocket-sized books ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
168
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Series
Very Short Introductions
Condition
New
Number of Pages
176
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780192802552
SKU
V9780192802552
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About Richard Tuck
Richard Tuck is Professor of Government at Harvard University. He is the author of Natural Rights Theories (1979) and Philosophy and Government 1572-1651 (1993), and has produced editions of Hobbes's Leviathan and (with Michael Silverthorne) De Cive.
Reviews for Hobbes
Review from previous edition lucid introduction to the first great English political philosopher
The Times
Very useful for students - comprehensive, concise and clearly written.
J. Townshend, Manchester Polytechnic
A useful introductory text, particularly in so far as it makes the results of more recent scholarship readily available to undergraduates.
Dr P. Dews, University of ... Read more
The Times
Very useful for students - comprehensive, concise and clearly written.
J. Townshend, Manchester Polytechnic
A useful introductory text, particularly in so far as it makes the results of more recent scholarship readily available to undergraduates.
Dr P. Dews, University of ... Read more