The Political Philosophy of Hobbes: Its Basis and Its Genesis - Paperback
by Leo Strauss
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Language:EnglishPublisher:University of Chicago PressISBN-13:9780226776965ISBN-10:226776964UPC:9780226776965Book Category:PhilosophyBook Subcategory:History & SurveysSize:8.52 x 5.62 x 0.48 inchesWeight:0.5203Product ID:SC00RS3H13
The Political Philosophy of Hobbes: Its Basis and Its Genesis
In this classic analysis, Leo Strauss pinpoints what is original and innovative in the political philosophy of Thomas Hobbes. He argues that Hobbes's ideas arose not from tradition or science but from his own deep knowledge and experience of human nature. Tracing the development of Hobbes's moral doctrine from his early writings to his major work The Leviathan, Strauss explains contradictions in...
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Language:EnglishPublisher:University of Chicago PressISBN-13:9780226776965ISBN-10:226776964UPC:9780226776965Book Category:PhilosophyBook Subcategory:History & SurveysSize:8.52 x 5.62 x 0.48 inchesWeight:0.5203Product ID:SC00RS3H13
Leo Strauss (1899-1973) was Robert Maynard Hutchins Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus in political science at the University of Chicago. Among his works published by the University of Chicago Press are Thoughts on Machiavelli, The City and Man, and Natural Right and History.
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