1st Edition
Thomas Hobbes and the Debate over Natural Law and Religion
By Stephen A. State
Copyright 1991
280 Pages
by
Routledge
276 Pages
by
Routledge
280 Pages
by
Routledge
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The argument laid out in this book discusses and interprets the work of Hobbes in relation to religion. It compares a traditional interpretation of Hobbes where Hobbes’ use of conventional terminology when talking about natural law is seen as ironic or merely convenient despite an atheist viewpoint, with the view that Hobbes’ morality is truly traditional and Christian.
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Preface Introduction 1. On the Religious Question - part i 2. On the Religious Question - part ii 3. Hobbes and Hobbism: Philosophy and History: The Contribution to the Debate by Quentin Skinner 4. Natural Law – part i, A Minimal Case 5. Natural Law – part ii, Refining the Boundaries
Biography
Stephen A. State
