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Thomas Hobbes /
In this volume, Dr Bounce (University of Cambridge) introduces Hobbes' ambitious philosophical project to discover the principles that govern the social world. Although we may dispute Hobbes' immodest assessment that he successfully attained this goal, Bunce nevertheless captures the extra...
| Call Number: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
| Published: |
New York :
Continuum,
©2009.
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| Series: | Major conservative and libertarian thinkers ;
v. 1. |
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| Online Access: | Texto completo |
| Summary: | In this volume, Dr Bounce (University of Cambridge) introduces Hobbes' ambitious philosophical project to discover the principles that govern the social world. Although we may dispute Hobbes' immodest assessment that he successfully attained this goal, Bunce nevertheless captures the extraordinary enduring value of Hobbes' work for the contemporary reader. Thomas Hobbes's name and the title of his most famous work, Leviathan, have come to be synonymous with the idea that the natural state of humankind is 'nasty, brutish, and short' and only the intervention of a munificent overlord may spare m. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xii, 163 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 141-156) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781441170231 1441170235 1283206943 9781283206945 1501301861 9781501301865 9786613206947 6613206946 9781441101167 1441101160 |