| Description |
1 online resource |
| Contents |
Introduction -- Noble tutor -- Civil history and style in Thucydides -- Poetry and natural history in the peak -- Aristotle's rhetoric in the schoolroom -- Logic, rhetoric, and philosophy -- Discovery, proof, and style -- Thetoric and Leviathan -- Conclusion |
| Summary |
Thomas Hobbes claimed to have founded the discipline of civil philosophy. This book offers a new reading of his intellectual development, arguing that he was dubious about the place of rhetoric in civil society and came to see it as a pernicious presence within philosophy - a position from which he did not retreat |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed November 6, 2018) |
| Subject |
Hobbes, Thomas, 1588-1679 -- Philosophy
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| SUBJECT |
Hobbes, Thomas, 1588-1679 fast |
| Subject |
Philosophy -- Early works to 1800
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Rhetoric, Ancient.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Essays.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Government -- General.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Government -- National.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Reference.
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Philosophy
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Rhetoric, Ancient
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| Genre/Form |
Early works
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780191868191 |
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0191868191 |
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9780192565204 |
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0192565206 |
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