Hobbes and History

Herausgeber: Rogers, G a John; Sorell, Thomas

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Written by scholars from five countries, this study discusses Hobbes' view of the nature of history and the works of history written by him.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 212
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. Juni 2000
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 241mm x 163mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 467g
• ISBN-13: 9780415224444
• ISBN-10: 0415224446
• Artikelnr.: 22085392

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