| Description |
1 online resource (235 pages) |
| Contents |
Cover; Half Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Dedication; Preface; Introduction; Part I; 1 Hobbes, Lucianic Humour and the Philosophic Persona; 2 Hoisting Hobbes on the Satiric Petard; Part II; 3 The Seriousness of the Absurd: The Scriblerian Philosophic Persona; 4 Identity, Materiality and the Language of Philosophical Absurdity; 5 Hobbes and the Scriblerians; Afterword: The History of Early Modern Philosophy: Method, Speech Act and Persona; Notes; Works Cited; Index |
| Summary |
Satire was core to the work of Thomas Hobbes although his critics also used it as a weapon to ridicule him. Condren uses Hobbes as an example to demonstrate that an examination of the persona is needed to advance our understanding of a writer's philosophy |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Hobbes, Thomas, 1588-1679.
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| SUBJECT |
Hobbes, Thomas, 1588-1679 fast |
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Scriblerus Club.
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| SUBJECT |
Scriblerus Club fast |
| Subject |
Philosophy, English -- 17th century.
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Philosophy, English
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781317322009 |
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1317322002 |
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