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Born in westport, schooled in classical realism, empiricism, ethical egoism, and determinism, hobbes followed his own curriculum in life, unrestricted by expectations. This collection of scholarly essays explores the relation of hobbess work to history as a branch of learning. Selections from books by john bramhall, robert filmer, edward hyde, george lawson, william lucy, samuel pufendorf and thomas tenison are included in this edition. This volume presents lucid and insightful lectures on three great figures from the history of political thought, by john plamenatz 19121975, a leading political philosopher of his time. This site is like a library, use search box in the widget to get ebook that you want. Dec 25, 2017 thomas hobbes and john locke both have made contributions to modern political science and they both had similar views on where power lies in a society. The complete works pergamonmedia highlights of world. Hobbes wrote in elizabethan english, so his original text reads like shakespeare or the king james bible. The lecture series discover the stories behind historys greatest books.
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