Hobbes: A Very Short Introduction
بواسطة
Richard Tuck
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Philosophy
تنسيق
غلاف ورقي
صفحات
144
لغة
الإنجليزية
منشور
Aug 29, 2002
الناشر
Oxford University Press
رقم ISBN-10
0192802550
رقم ISBN-13
9780192802552
الوصف
Thomas Hobbes (1588-1679) was the first great English political philosopher, and his book Leviathan was one of the first truly modern works of philosophy. Richard Tuck shows that while Hobbes may indeed have been an atheist, he was far from pessimistic about human nature, nor did he advocate totalitarianism. By locating him against the context of his age, we learn that Hobbes developed a theory of knowledge which rivaled that of Descartes in its importance for the formation of modern philosophy.
Tuck's study explores Hobbes in the context of his age, revealing his concern for a refutation of skepticism and development of a theory of knowledge.
Tuck's study explores Hobbes in the context of his age, revealing his concern for a refutation of skepticism and development of a theory of knowledge.