The Politics of Motion : The World of Thomas Hobbes / [by] Thomas A. Spragens, Jr. With a foreword by Antony Flew.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Spragens, Thomas A., Jr. (Thomas Arthur), 1942-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Political science--Philosophy.

Political science.

Philosophy, English--17th century.

Philosophy, English.

Political science--Great Britain--History--17th century.

Hobbes, Thomas, 1588-1679.

Hobbes, Thomas.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (225 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Lexington, Kentucky : The University Press of Kentucky, 1973.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Two principal issues interact and overlap in this penetrating analysis: the relationship between Hobbes' natural philosophy and his civil philosophy, and the relationship between Hobbes' thought and the Aristotelian world view that constituted the philosophical orthodoxy he rejected.On the first point Thomas A. Spragens Jr. argues that Hobbes' political ideas were in fact significantly influenced by his cosmological perceptions, although they were not, and could not have been, completely derived from that source. On the second, the author demonstrates that Hobbes undertook a highly systematic

Contents:

Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; PREFACE; FOREWORD; 1. Hobbes the Philosopher; 2. Inertia and the End of the Finite Cosmos; 3. The Corporealization of Substance; 4. The Disordering of Nature; 5. A New Science and Political Deliverance; 6. Passion and the Politics of Containment; 7. Conclusion and Methodological Postscript; INDEX; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; V; W

Notes:

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-8131-6452-4

OCLC:

614015377