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Hobbes and the Artifice of Eternity

McClure, Christopher Scott (Harvard University, Massachusetts)

Hobbes and the Artifice of Eternity

Hobbes and the Artifice of Eternity

Hobbes and the Artifice of Eternity

 

"Thomas Hobbes argues that the fear of violent death is the most reliable passion on which to found political society. His role in shaping the contemporary view of religion and honor in the West is pivotal, yet his ideas are famously riddled with contradictions.

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Beschrijving Hobbes and the Artifice of Eternity

Ideal for scholars of Hobbes, early modern historians, and political theorists, Christopher Scott McClure's radical re-reading of Hobbes argues that the apparent inconsistencies in Hobbes' theories of political and religious philosophy were part of an intentional strategy to promote the fear of death and provoke his adversaries into inadvertently disseminating his message.

ISBN
9781107153790
Pagina's
244
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NUR
754
Druk
1
Uitvoering
Hardback
Taal
Engels
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Cambridge University Press

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