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Hobbes and His Critics A Study in Seventeenth Century Constitutionalism
By John Bowie
Copyright 1969
216 Pages
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Routledge
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Routledge
215 Pages
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Routledge
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First Published in 1969. Hobbes is universally accorded a prominent place in the history of political thought. His fame is not merely academic: he is well known among all who are interested in political ideas. The author here dissects and discusses the view of Hobbes in the eyes of his many critics with emphasis on Whitehall's eventual indictment which had no quarter given. This title makes good... Read more
Chapter I The Critics Described; Chapter II Hobbes Reconsidered; Chapter III Sir Robert Filmer; Alexander Rosse; Chapter IV Dr. Seth Ward; The Reverend William Lucy’s Observations; Chapter V A Whig Forerunner, George Lawson; The Significance of Philip Hunton; Chapter VI Bishop John Bramhall’s Catching of the Leviathan; Chapter VII The Two Dialogues of Dr. John Eachard; Chapter VIII Clarendon’s Brief View of the Dangerous and Pernicious Errors of Mr. Hobbes His Leviathan; Chapter IX John Whitehall’s Indictment of Hobbes; Chapter X Conclusion;
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John Bowle
