Thomas Hobbes [[electronic resource] ] : the unity of scientific & moral wisdom / / Gary B. Herbert

• Autore: Herbert Gary B (Gary Bruce), <1941->
• Pubblicazione: Vancouver, : University of British Columbia Press, 1989
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (216 p.)
• Disciplina: 192
• Soggetto topico: Philosophy, Modern
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: Front Matter -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Hobbes's Philosophical Intention -- Hobbes's Philosophy of Nature -- The Liberation from Natural Necessity -- The Passions -- Hobbes's Doctrine of Natural Equality -- Political Theory -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index
• Sommario/riassunto: There can be no doubt that Thomas Hobbes intended to create a complete philosophical system. In recent years, piecemeal analysis has ignored that intention and reduced his philosophy to an unsystematic jumble of irreconcilable parts. It is generally believed that Hobbes's mechanistic physics is at odds with his notorious egoistic psychology, and that the latter cannot support his prescriptive moral theory. In this book Gary B. Herbert sets forth an entirely new interpretation of Hobbes's philosophy that takes seriously Hobbes's original systematic intention. The author traces the historical and conceptual development of Hobbes's science, psychology, and politics to reveal how those separate parts of his philosophy were eventually united by developments in his concept of 'conatus.' After an analysis of Hobbes's accounts of space, matter, and body, the author concludes that, although Hobbes is clearly a materialist, his natural philosophy is not the naive mechanics it is often thought to be, but a precursor to modern phenomenology.
• Titolo autorizzato: Thomas Hobbes
• ISBN: 7-7480-3169-X; 1-283-22614-6; 9786613226143; 0-7748-5677-7
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910816659503321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II