The Hunting of Leviathan: Seventeenth-century Reactions to the Materialism and Moral Philosophy of Thomas Hobbes - Rilegato

Mintz, Samuel I.

 
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Mintz examines seventeenth-century reactions to the political philosophy of Thomas Hobbes.

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Thomas Hobbes 'the infamous author of Leviathan' is remembered chiefly for his political philosophy but his contemporaries were more concerned with the moral and materialistic views which formed the basis of his doctrines. Mintz sets Hobbes against his intellectual background and so gives an added dimension to his thought.

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Preface; 1. Hobbes' life; 2. Hobbes' system in retrospect; 3. The contemporary setting; 4. Materialism: general reactions; 5. Materialism: More, Cudworth and Glanvill; 6. The fre-will controversy: Bramhall and Cudworth; 7. Hobbes and libertinism; 8. Conclusion; Appendix; Bibliography; Index.

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