The politics of motion the world of Thomas Hobbes /
Spragens, Thomas A.
The politics of motion the world of Thomas Hobbes / Thomas A. Spragens, Jr. ; with a foreword by Antony Flew. - Lexington : The University Press of Kentucky, (c)2015., 1973. - 1 online resource (225 pages)
Includes bibliographical references.
Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; PREFACE; FOREWORD; 1. Hobbes the Philosopher; 2. Inertia and the End of the Finite Cosmos; 3. The Corporealization of Substance; 4. The Disordering of Nature; 5. A New Science and Political Deliverance; 6. Passion and the Politics of Containment; 7. Conclusion and Methodological Postscript; INDEX; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; V; W.
Two principal issues interact and overlap in this penetrating analysis: the relationship between Hobbes' natural philosophy and his civil philosophy, and the relationship between Hobbes' thought and the Aristotelian world view that constituted the philosophical orthodoxy he rejected. On the first point Thomas A. Spragens Jr. argues that Hobbes' political ideas were in fact significantly influenced by his cosmological perceptions, although they were not, and could not have been, completely derived from that source. On the second, the author demonstrates that Hobbes undertook a highly systematic.
9780813164526
Philosophy-Ancient
Hobbes, Thomas,--1588-1679.
Political science--Philosophy.
Political science--Philosophy.
Hobbes, Thomas 1588-1679 Philosophy, English 17th century Political science Great Britain History 17th century Political science Philosophy
Electronic Books.
B1247 / .P655 2015
The politics of motion the world of Thomas Hobbes / Thomas A. Spragens, Jr. ; with a foreword by Antony Flew. - Lexington : The University Press of Kentucky, (c)2015., 1973. - 1 online resource (225 pages)
Includes bibliographical references.
Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; PREFACE; FOREWORD; 1. Hobbes the Philosopher; 2. Inertia and the End of the Finite Cosmos; 3. The Corporealization of Substance; 4. The Disordering of Nature; 5. A New Science and Political Deliverance; 6. Passion and the Politics of Containment; 7. Conclusion and Methodological Postscript; INDEX; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; V; W.
Two principal issues interact and overlap in this penetrating analysis: the relationship between Hobbes' natural philosophy and his civil philosophy, and the relationship between Hobbes' thought and the Aristotelian world view that constituted the philosophical orthodoxy he rejected. On the first point Thomas A. Spragens Jr. argues that Hobbes' political ideas were in fact significantly influenced by his cosmological perceptions, although they were not, and could not have been, completely derived from that source. On the second, the author demonstrates that Hobbes undertook a highly systematic.
9780813164526
Philosophy-Ancient
Hobbes, Thomas,--1588-1679.
Political science--Philosophy.
Political science--Philosophy.
Hobbes, Thomas 1588-1679 Philosophy, English 17th century Political science Great Britain History 17th century Political science Philosophy
Electronic Books.
B1247 / .P655 2015