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Description
There can be no doubt that Thomas Hobbes intended to create a complete philosophical system. In recent years, piecemeal analysis has ignored that intention and reduced his philosophy to an unsystematic jumble of irreconcilable parts. It is generally believed that Hobbes's mechanistic physics is at odds with his notorious egoistic psychology, and that the latter cannot support his prescriptive moral theory. In this book Gary B. Herbert sets forth an entirely new interpretation of Hobbes's philosophy that takes seriously Hobbes's original systematic intention.
Editorial Review
Herbert deals with complex and difficult concepts with ease, and helps to clarify ideas that are rather intimidating to the non-specialist in Hobbes studies. The chapters explaining how Hobbes' theory of physics fits in with the history of ideas is very valuable ... this interesting book will give students of political philosophy a chance to reconsider (and learn a great deal about) an aspect of Hobbes' thought many of us have found convenient to ignore.
- Don Desserud, The Canadian Journal of Political Science
Out of print
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