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Author Bunce, R. E. R. (Robin E. R.)

Title Thomas Hobbes / R.E.R. Bunce.

Publication Info. New York : Continuum, [2009]
©2009

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 163 pages) : illustrations.
Series Major conservative and libertarian thinkers ; v. 1
Major conservative and libertarian thinkers ; v. 1.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 141-156) and index.
Contents Hobbes's life -- Hobbes's civil philosophy -- Reception and interpretation -- Hobbes today.
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.
Note Print version record.
Subject Hobbes, Thomas, 1588-1679.
Hobbes, Thomas, 1588-1679. (OCoLC)fst00036297
Hobbes, Thomas.
Political science -- Great Britain -- History -- 17th century.
Philosophers -- Great Britain -- Biography.
Political scientists -- Great Britain -- Biography.
Philosophy.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- General.
PHILOSOPHY -- History & Surveys -- Modern.
Philosophers. (OCoLC)fst01060746
Political science. (OCoLC)fst01069781
Political scientists. (OCoLC)fst01069858
Great Britain. (OCoLC)fst01204623
Chronological Term 1600-1699
Genre/Form Biography. (OCoLC)fst01423686
History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
Other Form: Print version: Bunce, R.E.R. (Robin E.R.). Thomas Hobbes. New York : Continuum, ©2009 9780826429797 (DLC) 2009001646 (OCoLC)212847232
ISBN 9781441170231 (electronic bk.)
1441170235 (electronic bk.)
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