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    • Publisher:
      Cambridge University Press
      Publication date:
      March 2014
      August 2012
      ISBN:
      9781139207966
      9781108047654
      DOI:
      https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139207966
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      Dimensions:
      (216 x 140 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.33kg, 256 Pages
      • Subjects:
      History of Philosophy, Philosophy: General Interest, Early Modern Philosophy, Philosophy
      Series:
      Cambridge Library Collection - Philosophy
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    Subjects:
    History of Philosophy, Philosophy: General Interest, Early Modern Philosophy, Philosophy
    Series:
    Cambridge Library Collection - Philosophy
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    At the age of eighty-four, Thomas Hobbes (1588–1679) wrote an autobiography in Latin elegaics. Unsurprisingly, it was not as widely read as his two great philosophical works, Leviathan and Behemoth, in which he laid out a set of sociopolitical theories that enraged many of the philosophers and moralists of Europe. In this comprehensive biography, first published in 1904, Sir Leslie Stephen (1832–1904) charts the character and changes of Hobbes' thinking, from the scholasticism of his early Oxford education, to his later devotion to geometry and deductive science. With an emphasis on personal influences, Stephen sets Hobbes and his work in the historical context of Hobbes' often difficult patrons, the Civil War, and the Restoration, providing an insight into the life of the eminent philosopher and into the tenets of early twentieth-century biographical writing. An interesting text for students of both philosophy and English literature.

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