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Author : Quentin Skinner
Release : 2018-01-25
Genre : History
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Book Rating : 854/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis From Humanism to Hobbes by : Quentin Skinner
Download or read book From Humanism to Hobbes written by Quentin Skinner. This book was released on 2018-01-25. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Offers new insights into the works of Machiavelli, Shakespeare and especially Hobbes by focusing on their use of rhetoric.
Author : Ted H. Miller
Release : 2011
Genre : Biography & Autobiography
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Book Rating : 913/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Mortal Gods by : Ted H. Miller
Download or read book Mortal Gods written by Ted H. Miller. This book was released on 2011. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Argues against the accepted idea that Thomas Hobbes turned away from humanism to pursue the scientific study of politics. Reconceptualizes Hobbes's thought within early modern humanist pedagogy and the court culture of the Stuart regimes"--Provided by publisher.
Author : Quentin Skinner
Release : 1996-02-22
Genre : History
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Book Rating : 367/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Reason and Rhetoric in the Philosophy of Hobbes by : Quentin Skinner
Download or read book Reason and Rhetoric in the Philosophy of Hobbes written by Quentin Skinner. This book was released on 1996-02-22. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An outstanding new interpretation of Hobbes, one of the most difficult and challenging of political philosophers.
Author : Timothy Raylor
Release : 2018
Genre : History
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 698/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Philosophy, Rhetoric, and Thomas Hobbes by : Timothy Raylor
Download or read book Philosophy, Rhetoric, and Thomas Hobbes written by Timothy Raylor. This book was released on 2018. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Author : Gary Remer
Release : 2010-11-01
Genre : Religion
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Book Rating : 826/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Humanism and the Rhetoric of Toleration by : Gary Remer
Download or read book Humanism and the Rhetoric of Toleration written by Gary Remer. This book was released on 2010-11-01. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Religious toleration is much discussed these days. But where did the Western notion of toleration come from? In this thought-provoking book Gary Remer traces arguments for religious toleration back to the Renaissance, demonstrating how humanist thinkers initiated an intellectual tradition that has persisted even to our present day. Although toleration has long been recognized as an important theme in Renaissance humanist thinking, many scholars have mistakenly portrayed the humanists as proto-Englightenment rationalists and nascent liberals. Remer, however, offers the surprising conclusion that humanist thinking on toleration was actually founded on the classical tradition of rhetoric. It was the rhetorician's commitment to decorum, the ability to argue both sides of an issue, and the search for an acceptable epistemological standard in probability and consensus that grounded humanist arguments for toleration. Remer also finds that the primary humanist model for a full-fledged theory of toleration was the Ciceronian rhetorical category of sermo (conversation). The historical scope of this book is wide-ranging. Remer begins by focusing on the works of four humanists: Desiderius Erasmus, Jacobus Acontius, William Chillingworth, and Jean Bodin. Then he considers the challenge posed to the humanist defense of toleration by Thomas Hobbes and Pierre Bayle. Finally, he shows how humanist ideas have continued to influence arguments for toleration even after the passing of humanism&—from John Locke to contemporary American discussions of freedom of speech.
