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Rousseau and Hobbes : nature, free will, and the passions / Robin Douglass.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Douglass, Robin, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Rousseau, Jean-Jacques, 1712-1778.
- Rousseau, Jean-Jacques.
- Hobbes, Thomas, 1588-1679.
- Hobbes, Thomas.
- Political science--Philosophy.
- Political science.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (viii, 220 pages)
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Other Title:
- Rousseau & Hobbes
- Nature, free will, and the passions
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2015.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Robin Douglass examines the relationship between Thomas Hobbes and Jean-Jacques Rousseau, two of the most important figures in the history of modern political thought. He explores and evaluates the differences between them, and advances an original interpretation of Rousseau's political philosophy.
- Contents:
- The French reception of Thomas Hobbes
- The state of nature and the nature of man
- Sovereignty and law
- Ordering the passions
- Review and conclusion.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on March 10, 2015).
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-179244-6
- OCLC:
- 908105285
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