A Hobbes Dictionary by A P Martinich

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Summary

Includes a short history of 17th-Century England as it relates to Hobbes's thought. Includes a chronology of Hobbes's life and works. Comprehensive expository coverage of around 150 key concepts. Explicitly addressed to students of philosophy, politics, history, theology.

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A Hobbes Dictionary by A P Martinich

This dictionary provides a comprehensive and cohesive expository account of about one hundred and fifty key concepts covering the entire range of Hobbes's thought, from philosophy, political theory and science, to theology, history and mathematics.
"Martinich offers a superb aid to study of the thought of Thomas Hobbes, the 17th-century English philosopher whose philosophy of law and the state remains controversialThe bulk of the work is a dictionary with approximately 140 entries that cover the full range of Hobbes's thought, including concepts in metaphysics, epistemology, science, politics and theology. The entries provide a helpful exposition of difficult concepts in Hobbes's writing and attempt to clarify, in a balanced, critical way, the problematic and controversial features of his philosophy." Choice
A. P. Martinich is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Texas at Austin. He is the author of several books, including The Two Gods of Leviathan (1993), and is in addition the editor of Philosophy of Language (Second Edition, 1990).
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ISBN 13 9780631192626
ISBN 10 063119262X
Title A Hobbes Dictionary
Author A P Martinich
Series Blackwell Philosopher Dictionaries
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Wiley-Blackwell
Year published 1995-08-29
Number of pages 352
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