Starting with Hobbes
Published on 30. June 2009
Book
Hardback
190 pages
978-1-84706-160-7 (ISBN)
Description
Thomas Hobbes was one of the most important and influential philosophers of the seventeenth century. Covering all the key concepts of his work, Starting with Hobbes provides an accessible introduction to the ideas of this hugely significant thinker. Thematically structured, this book leads the reader through the full range of Hobbes's ideas and, uniquely, not just his political philosophy. In his day, he was internationally as famous for his theories about knowledge, language, the material nature of reality, mathematics, psychology, and religion, as he was for his politics; and these aspects of his work are fully covered. The book places Hobbes firmly in his historical context, with discussions of his relations to contemporary thinkers such as Galileo and Descartes and of his influence on later thinkers such as Spinoza and Leibniz. This is the ideal introduction for anyone coming to the work of one of the greatest of English philosophers for the first time.
Reviews / Votes
"Does the world need more monographs on major philosophers? It does when they are as well written as the 'Starting with' series... Some commentators focus only on The Leviathan and ignore Hobbes's other works. Ross (Univ. of Leeds) corrects this through summaries of Hobbes's theory of knowledge, metaphysics, philosophical anthropology, and social writings... Summing up: Recommended." -Choice "Starting with Hobbes is a promising textbook which can be read and used with profit. I will recommend it to my students." - Hobbes Studies (2010) -- Timo Airaksinen 'Starting with Hobbes is a promising textbook which can be read and used with profit. I will recommend it to my students. The criticisms I have presented are simply based on points which I find interesting and challenging. All good philosophy books have them.' -- Hobbes Studies Professor Macdonald Ross has performed a wonderful service for those of us who teach modern philosophy and the history of science by writing a comprehensive introduction to Hobbes' philosophical views on theory of knowledge, materialism, human nature, society and religion. -- Springer (Metascience 2010)More details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 222 mm
Width: 145 mm
Thickness: 14 mm
Weight
377 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-84706-160-7 (9781847061607)
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George MacDonald Ross
Starting with Hobbes
E-Book
06/2009
1st Edition
Continuum Publishing Corporation
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Person
George MacDonald Ross is a Senior Lecturer in Philosophy at the University of Leeds, UK, and Director of the Subject Centre for Philosophical and Religious Studies at the Higher Education Academy. In 2006 he was awarded a National Teaching Fellowship for his contribution to the improvement of learning and teaching in higher education in the UK.
Content
Introduction; 1. Hobbes's Life and Works; 2. Theory of Knowledge; 3. Materialism; 4. The Human Being; 5. Society; 6. Religion; 7. Hobbes's Influence; Further Reading.