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The Political Philosophy of Hobbes: Its Basis and Its Genesis

By Leo Strauss , Elsa M. Sinclair

Book information

Publisher
University of Chicago Press
Year
1996
ISBN
0226776964, 9780226776965
Open Library ID
OL9699973M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
7 MB (7165591 bytes)
Series
Phoenix Books
Edition
1
Pages
186\186
Time added
2011-04-18 11:31:18

Description

In this classic analysis, Leo Strauss pinpoints what is original and innovative in the political philosophy of Thomas Hobbes. He argues that Hobbes's ideas arose not from tradition or science but from his own deep knowledge and experience of human nature. Tracing the development of Hobbes's moral doctrine from his early writings to his major work The Leviathan, Strauss explains contradictions in the body of Hobbes's work and discovers startling connections between Hobbes and the thought of Plato, Thucydides, Aristotle, Descartes, Spinoza, and Hegel.

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