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Offers comprehensive treatment of Thomas Hobbes’s thought, providing readers with different ways of understanding Hobbes as a systematic philosopher   As one of the founders of modern political philosophy, Thomas Hobbes is best known for his ideas regarding the nature of legitimate government and the necessity of society submitting to the absolute authority of sovereign power. Yet Hobbes produced a wide range of writings, from translations of texts by Homer and Thucydides, to interpretations of Biblical books, to works devoted to geometry, optics, morality, and religion. Hobbes viewed himself as presenting a unified method for theoretical and practical science—an interconnected system of philosophy that provides many entry points into his thought.  A Companion to Hobbes is an expertly curated collection of essays offering close textual engagement with the thought of Thomas Hobbes in his major works while probing his ideas regarding natural philosophy, mathematics, human nature, civil philosophy, religion, and more. The Companion discusses the ways in which scholars have tried to understand the unity and diversity of Hobbes’s philosophical system and examines the reception of the different parts of Hobbes’s philosophy by thinkers such as René Descartes, Margaret Cavendish, David Hume, and Immanuel Kant. Presenting a diversity of fresh perspectives by both emerging and established scholars, this volume:   Provides a comprehensive treatment of Hobbes’s thought in his works, including Elements of Law, Elements of Philosophy, and Leviathan  Explores the connecting points between Hobbes’ metaphysics, epistemology, mathematics, natural philosophy, morality, and civil philosophy  Offers readers strategies for understanding how the parts of Hobbes’s philosophical system fit together  Examines Hobbes’s philosophy of mathematics and his attempts to understand geometrical objects and definitions  Considers Hobbes’s philosophy in contexts such as the natural state of humans, gender relations, and materialist worldviews  Challenges conceptions of Hobbes’s moral theory and his views about the rights of sovereigns  Part of the acclaimed Blackwell Companions to Philosophy series, A Companion to Hobbes is an invaluable resource for scholars and advanced students of Early modern thought, particularly those from disciplines such as History of Philosophy, Political Philosophy, Intellectual History, History of Politics, Political Theory, and English. 

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Author:   Marcus P. Adams (State University of New York at Albany)
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Imprint:   Wiley-Blackwell
Dimensions:   Width: 1.00cm , Height: 1.00cm , Length: 1.00cm
Weight:   0.454kg
ISBN:  

9781119634997

ISBN 10:   1119634997
Pages:   544
Publication Date:   18 October 2021
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

"Notes on Contributors viii Introduction: The Presentation and Structure of Thomas Hobbes's Philosophy 1 Marcus P. Adams Abbreviations for Citations to Hobbes's Works 20 Part I First Philosophy, Mathematics, and Natural Philosophy 23 1 Hobbes's Unified Method for Scientia 25 Helen Hattab 2 The Stoic Roots of Hobbes's Natural Philosophy and First Philosophy 45 Geoffrey Gorham 3 Hobbesian Mathematics and the Dispute with Wallis 57 Douglas Jesseph 4 Explanations in Hobbes's Optics and Natural Philosophy 75 Marcus P. Adams Part II Human Nature and Morality 91 5 ""A Most Useful Economy"": Hobbes on Linguistic Meaning and Understanding 93 R. W. McIntyre 6 Hobbes’s Theory of the Good: Felicity by Anticipatory Pleasure 109 Arash Abizadeh 7 In search of ""A Constant Civill Amity"": Hobbes on Friendship and Sociability 125 Gabriella Slomp 8 Hobbes on Power and Gender Relations 139 Sandra Leonie Field 9 The State of Nature as a Continuum Concept 156 S. A. Lloyd 10 Hobbes's Minimalist Moral Theory 171 Michael J. Green Part III Civil Philosophy 185 11 Hobbesian Persons and Representation 187 Mónica Brito Vieira 12 Hobbes's Account of Authorizing a Sovereign 203 Rosamond Rhodes 13 The Strength and Significance of Subjects' Rights in Leviathan 221 Eleanor Curran 14 Hobbes on Sovereignty and Its Strains 236 Tom Sorell 15 Hobbes on International Ethics 252 Johan Olsthoorn Part IV Religion 269 16 Against Philosophical Darkness: A Political Conception of Enlightenment 271 Luc Foisneau 17 Hobbes on Submission to God 287 Michael Byron 18 Thomas Hobbes and the Christian Commonwealth 303 Jeffrey Collins 19 Hobbes and Toleration 318 Johann Sommerville 20 Hobbes, Rome's Enemy 332 Franck Lessay 21 Hobbes and the Papal Monarchy 348 Patricia Springborg Part V Controversies and Reception 365 22 Body and Space in Hobbes and Descartes 367 Edward Slowik 23 Hobbes's Mechanical Philosophy and Its English Critics 381 John Henry 24 Cudworth as a Critic of Hobbes 398 Stewart Duncan 25 Cavendish and Hobbes on Causation 413 Marcy P. Lascano 26 Striving, Happiness, and the Good: Spinoza as Follower and Critic of Hobbes 431 Justin Steinberg 27 Hobbes and Astell on War and Peace 448 Jacqueline Broad 28 Hobbes and Hume on Human Nature: ""Much of a Dispute of Words?"" 463 Alexandra Chadwick 29 He Shows ""Genius"" and Is ""More Useful than Pufendorf"": Kant's Reception of Hobbes 478 Howard Williams 30 Catharine Macaulay and the Reception of Hobbes During the Eighteenth Century 492 Karen Green Index 505"

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Marcus P. Adams is Associate Professor of Philosophy at the State University of New York at Albany and former Associate Editor of the journal Hobbes Studies. His research focuses on perception and natural philosophy in Early Modern Philosophy, in particular on Thomas Hobbes and Margaret Cavendish.

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