Author: Quentin Skinner
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108622437
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 448
Book Description
The aim of this collection is to illustrate the pervasive influence of humanist rhetoric on early-modern literature and philosophy. The first half of the book focuses on the classical rules of judicial rhetoric. One chapter considers the place of these rules in Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice, while two others concentrate on the technique of rhetorical redescription, pointing to its use in Machiavelli's The Prince as well as in several of Shakespeare's plays, notably Coriolanus. The second half of the book examines the humanist background to the philosophy of Thomas Hobbes. A major new essay discusses his typically humanist preoccupation with the visual presentation of his political ideas, while other chapters explore the rhetorical sources of his theory of persons and personation, thereby offering new insights into his views about citizenship, political representation, rights and obligations and the concept of the state.
From Humanism to Hobbes
Author: Quentin Skinner
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108622437
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 448
Book Description
The aim of this collection is to illustrate the pervasive influence of humanist rhetoric on early-modern literature and philosophy. The first half of the book focuses on the classical rules of judicial rhetoric. One chapter considers the place of these rules in Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice, while two others concentrate on the technique of rhetorical redescription, pointing to its use in Machiavelli's The Prince as well as in several of Shakespeare's plays, notably Coriolanus. The second half of the book examines the humanist background to the philosophy of Thomas Hobbes. A major new essay discusses his typically humanist preoccupation with the visual presentation of his political ideas, while other chapters explore the rhetorical sources of his theory of persons and personation, thereby offering new insights into his views about citizenship, political representation, rights and obligations and the concept of the state.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108622437
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 448
Book Description
The aim of this collection is to illustrate the pervasive influence of humanist rhetoric on early-modern literature and philosophy. The first half of the book focuses on the classical rules of judicial rhetoric. One chapter considers the place of these rules in Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice, while two others concentrate on the technique of rhetorical redescription, pointing to its use in Machiavelli's The Prince as well as in several of Shakespeare's plays, notably Coriolanus. The second half of the book examines the humanist background to the philosophy of Thomas Hobbes. A major new essay discusses his typically humanist preoccupation with the visual presentation of his political ideas, while other chapters explore the rhetorical sources of his theory of persons and personation, thereby offering new insights into his views about citizenship, political representation, rights and obligations and the concept of the state.
From Humanism to Hobbes
Author: Quentin Skinner
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107128854
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 447
Book Description
Offers new insights into the works of Machiavelli, Shakespeare and especially Hobbes by focusing on their use of rhetoric.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107128854
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 447
Book Description
Offers new insights into the works of Machiavelli, Shakespeare and especially Hobbes by focusing on their use of rhetoric.
Mortal Gods
Author: Ted H. Miller
Publisher: Penn State Press
ISBN: 0271048913
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 346
Book Description
"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.
Publisher: Penn State Press
ISBN: 0271048913
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 346
Book Description
"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.
Reason and Rhetoric in the Philosophy of Hobbes
Author: Quentin Skinner
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521554367
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 394
Book Description
An outstanding new interpretation of Hobbes, one of the most difficult and challenging of political philosophers.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521554367
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 394
Book Description
An outstanding new interpretation of Hobbes, one of the most difficult and challenging of political philosophers.
Hobbes and Human Nature
Author: Arnold W. Green
Publisher: Transaction Publishers
ISBN: 9781412825504
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 184
Book Description
Several excellent modem books about Hobbes either focus upon his life or analyze his ideas in a technical way. Green's unique treatment of the English philosopher explores how his times helped shape his basic postulates, which are then linked with his personal experiences, an exercise in modern relativism that Hobbes and his generation would not have appreciated. Hobbes's outlook still remains more relevant to the present time than to the two intervening centuries. The faith that human nature has changed with time and circumstance has waned. "Hobbes and Human Nature "is a study in applied social theory. Green discusses those issues that Hobbes either stated or provoked: individuals and society as metaphor, religion and atheism, sovereignty and the law, intellectuals and the dominance of minorities over the majority, the precedence of perceived interests over ideas, and the failure of history to determine human fate. The standard comparison with Rousseau is made, with less emphasis upon character than upon revolution and Utopian hope. This volume should be of interest to philosophers, historians, sociologists, and political scientists. It may find some place as assigned reading for undergraduate and especially for graduate students.
Publisher: Transaction Publishers
ISBN: 9781412825504
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 184
Book Description
Several excellent modem books about Hobbes either focus upon his life or analyze his ideas in a technical way. Green's unique treatment of the English philosopher explores how his times helped shape his basic postulates, which are then linked with his personal experiences, an exercise in modern relativism that Hobbes and his generation would not have appreciated. Hobbes's outlook still remains more relevant to the present time than to the two intervening centuries. The faith that human nature has changed with time and circumstance has waned. "Hobbes and Human Nature "is a study in applied social theory. Green discusses those issues that Hobbes either stated or provoked: individuals and society as metaphor, religion and atheism, sovereignty and the law, intellectuals and the dominance of minorities over the majority, the precedence of perceived interests over ideas, and the failure of history to determine human fate. The standard comparison with Rousseau is made, with less emphasis upon character than upon revolution and Utopian hope. This volume should be of interest to philosophers, historians, sociologists, and political scientists. It may find some place as assigned reading for undergraduate and especially for graduate students.
Humanism and the Rhetoric of Toleration
Author: Gary Remer
Publisher: Penn State Press
ISBN: 9780271014807
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 336
Book Description
Remer 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
Publisher: Penn State Press
ISBN: 9780271014807
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 336
Book Description
Remer 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
The Prospect of Global History
Author: James Belich
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0198732252
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 237
Book Description
The Prospect of Global History offers a new approach to the study of history, looking at the subject across a greater chronological range and seeking perspectives from sources beyond conventional European narratives.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0198732252
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 237
Book Description
The Prospect of Global History offers a new approach to the study of history, looking at the subject across a greater chronological range and seeking perspectives from sources beyond conventional European narratives.
Why We Need the Humanities
Author: Donald Drakeman
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 1137497475
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 197
Book Description
An entrepreneur and educator highlights the surprising influence of humanities scholarship on biomedical research and civil liberties. This spirited defence urges society to support the humanities to obtain continued guidance for public policy decisions, and challenges scholars to consider how best to fulfil their role in serving the common good.
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 1137497475
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 197
Book Description
An entrepreneur and educator highlights the surprising influence of humanities scholarship on biomedical research and civil liberties. This spirited defence urges society to support the humanities to obtain continued guidance for public policy decisions, and challenges scholars to consider how best to fulfil their role in serving the common good.
Before Anarchy
Author: Theodore Christov
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107114535
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 307
Book Description
Against the twentieth-century 'Hobbesian anarchy', Before Anarchy reconsiders the originality and reception of Hobbes's interpersonal and international state of nature.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107114535
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 307
Book Description
Against the twentieth-century 'Hobbesian anarchy', Before Anarchy reconsiders the originality and reception of Hobbes's interpersonal and international state of nature.
The Cambridge Companion to Renaissance Humanism
Author: Jill Kraye
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521436243
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 350
Book Description
From the fourteenth to the seventeenth century, humanism played a key role in European culture. Beginning as a movement based on the recovery, interpretation and imitation of ancient Greek and Roman texts and the archaeological study of the physical remains of antiquity, humanism turned into a dynamic cultural programme, influencing almost every facet of Renaissance intellectual life. The fourteen essays in this 1996 volume deal with all aspects of the movement, from language learning to the development of science, from the effect of humanism on biblical study to its influence on art, from its Italian origins to its manifestations in the literature of More, Sidney and Shakespeare. A detailed biographical index, and a guide to further reading, are provided. Overall, The Cambridge Companion to Renaissance Humanism provides a comprehensive introduction to a major movement in the culture of early modern Europe.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521436243
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 350
Book Description
From the fourteenth to the seventeenth century, humanism played a key role in European culture. Beginning as a movement based on the recovery, interpretation and imitation of ancient Greek and Roman texts and the archaeological study of the physical remains of antiquity, humanism turned into a dynamic cultural programme, influencing almost every facet of Renaissance intellectual life. The fourteen essays in this 1996 volume deal with all aspects of the movement, from language learning to the development of science, from the effect of humanism on biblical study to its influence on art, from its Italian origins to its manifestations in the literature of More, Sidney and Shakespeare. A detailed biographical index, and a guide to further reading, are provided. Overall, The Cambridge Companion to Renaissance Humanism provides a comprehensive introduction to a major movement in the culture of early modern Europe.