Reason and Rhetoric in the Philosophy of Hobbes

Reason and Rhetoric in the Philosophy of Hobbes
Author: Quentin Skinner
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 394
Release: 1996-02-22
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780521554367

An outstanding new interpretation of Hobbes, one of the most difficult and challenging of political philosophers.

Reason and Rhetoric in the Philosophy of Hobbes

Reason and Rhetoric in the Philosophy of Hobbes
Author: Quentin Skinner
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 497
Release: 1996-02-22
Genre: History
ISBN: 0521554365

An outstanding new interpretation of Hobbes, one of the most difficult and challenging of political philosophers.

Philosophy, Rhetoric, and Thomas Hobbes

Philosophy, Rhetoric, and Thomas Hobbes
Author: Timothy Raylor
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Total Pages: 353
Release: 2018
Genre: History
ISBN: 0198829698

Thomas Hobbes claimed to have founded the discipline of civil philosophy. This book offers a new reading of his intellectual development, arguing that he was dubious about the place of rhetoric in civil society and came to see it as a pernicious presence within philosophy - a position from which he did not retreat.

From Humanism to Hobbes

From Humanism to Hobbes
Author: Quentin Skinner
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 448
Release: 2018-01-25
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1108622437

The aim of this collection is to illustrate the pervasive influence of humanist rhetoric on early-modern literature and philosophy. The first half of the book focuses on the classical rules of judicial rhetoric. One chapter considers the place of these rules in Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice, while two others concentrate on the technique of rhetorical redescription, pointing to its use in Machiavelli's The Prince as well as in several of Shakespeare's plays, notably Coriolanus. The second half of the book examines the humanist background to the philosophy of Thomas Hobbes. A major new essay discusses his typically humanist preoccupation with the visual presentation of his political ideas, while other chapters explore the rhetorical sources of his theory of persons and personation, thereby offering new insights into his views about citizenship, political representation, rights and obligations and the concept of the state.

Binding Words

Binding Words
Author: Karen S. Feldman
Publisher: Northwestern University Press
Total Pages: 170
Release: 2006-07-21
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 0810122812

Conscience, as Binding Words convincingly argues, can only ever be understood, interpreted, and made effective through tropes and figures of language.

Made with Words

Made with Words
Author: Philip Pettit
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Total Pages: 191
Release: 2009-07-26
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 0691143250

Argues that it was Hobbes, not later thinkers like Rousseau, who invented the invention of language thesis - the idea that language is a cultural innovation that transformed the human mind.

Thomas Hobbes and the Politics of Natural Philosophy

Thomas Hobbes and the Politics of Natural Philosophy
Author: Stephen J. Finn
Publisher: A&C Black
Total Pages: 206
Release: 2004-06-04
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 1847143318

In 1625, Charles I inherited not only his father's crown, but also his desire to run the country without interference from Parliament. But many members of Parliament opposed the King on issues of taxation, religion and the royal prerogative. It was in this historical context that Hobbes presented a political philosophy that, at least in his opinion, achieved the status of a science, in a nation that was 'boiling hot with questions concerning the rights of dominion and the obedience due from subjects'. In this important new book, Stephen J. Finn argues that, contrary to the traditional interpretation, Hobbes's political views influence his theoretical and natural philosophy and not the other way about. Such an interpretation, it is argued, provides a better appreciation of Hobbes's writings, both philosophical and political.

Leviathan

Leviathan
Author: Thomas Hobbes
Publisher: Courier Corporation
Total Pages: 418
Release: 2012-10-03
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 048612214X

Written during a moment in English history when the political and social structures were in flux and open to interpretation, Leviathan played an essential role in the development of the modern world.

The Rhetoric of Leviathan

The Rhetoric of Leviathan
Author: David Johnston
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Total Pages: 256
Release: 2020-10-06
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 069121932X

The description for this book, The Rhetoric of Leviathan: Thomas Hobbes and the Politics of Cultural Transformation, will be forthcoming.

Images of Anarchy

Images of Anarchy
Author: Ioannis D. Evrigenis
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 313
Release: 2014-07-14
Genre: Law
ISBN: 0521513723

Hobbes's concept of the natural condition of mankind became an inescapable point of reference for subsequent political thought, shaping the theories of emulators and critics alike, and has had a profound impact on our understanding of human nature, anarchy, and international relations. Yet, despite Hobbes's insistence on precision, the state of nature is an elusive concept. Has it ever existed and, if so, for whom? Hobbes offered several answers to these questions, which taken together reveal a consistent strategy aimed at providing his readers with a possible, probable, and memorable account of the consequences of disobedience. This book examines the development of this powerful image throughout Hobbes's works, and traces its origins in his sources of inspiration. The resulting trajectory of the state of nature illuminates the ways in which Hobbes employed a rhetoric of science and a science of rhetoric in his relentless pursuit of peace.