Author: S. A. Lloyd
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1139851330
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 595
Book Description
Hobbes Today: Insights for the 21st Century brings together an impressive group of political philosophers, legal theorists and political scientists to investigate the many ways in which the work of Thomas Hobbes, the famed seventeenth-century English philosopher, can illuminate the political and social problems we face today. Its essays demonstrate the contemporary relevance of Hobbes' political thought on such issues as justice, human rights, public reason, international warfare, punishment, fiscal policy and the design of positive law, among others. The volume's contributors include both Hobbes specialists and philosophers bringing their expertise to consideration of Hobbes' texts for the first time. This volume will stimulate renewed interest in Hobbes studies among a new generation of thinkers.
Hobbes Today
Author: S. A. Lloyd
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1139851330
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 595
Book Description
Hobbes Today: Insights for the 21st Century brings together an impressive group of political philosophers, legal theorists and political scientists to investigate the many ways in which the work of Thomas Hobbes, the famed seventeenth-century English philosopher, can illuminate the political and social problems we face today. Its essays demonstrate the contemporary relevance of Hobbes' political thought on such issues as justice, human rights, public reason, international warfare, punishment, fiscal policy and the design of positive law, among others. The volume's contributors include both Hobbes specialists and philosophers bringing their expertise to consideration of Hobbes' texts for the first time. This volume will stimulate renewed interest in Hobbes studies among a new generation of thinkers.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1139851330
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 595
Book Description
Hobbes Today: Insights for the 21st Century brings together an impressive group of political philosophers, legal theorists and political scientists to investigate the many ways in which the work of Thomas Hobbes, the famed seventeenth-century English philosopher, can illuminate the political and social problems we face today. Its essays demonstrate the contemporary relevance of Hobbes' political thought on such issues as justice, human rights, public reason, international warfare, punishment, fiscal policy and the design of positive law, among others. The volume's contributors include both Hobbes specialists and philosophers bringing their expertise to consideration of Hobbes' texts for the first time. This volume will stimulate renewed interest in Hobbes studies among a new generation of thinkers.
The Revenge of the Baby-Sat
Author: Bill Watterson
Publisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing
ISBN: 9780836218664
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 132
Book Description
The praise and popularity of Calvin and Hobbes continue to escalate as the hottest comic strip around reaches its fifth birthday. With keen insight, Bill Watterson depicts life through the eyes of a child, and the limits of our imaginations are challenged as we accompany Calvin and Hobbes while they stir up trouble, travel through time, transmogrify themselves--and just have fun in everything they do.
Publisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing
ISBN: 9780836218664
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 132
Book Description
The praise and popularity of Calvin and Hobbes continue to escalate as the hottest comic strip around reaches its fifth birthday. With keen insight, Bill Watterson depicts life through the eyes of a child, and the limits of our imaginations are challenged as we accompany Calvin and Hobbes while they stir up trouble, travel through time, transmogrify themselves--and just have fun in everything they do.
Exploring Calvin and Hobbes
Author: Bill Watterson
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781449460365
Category : COMICS & GRAPHIC NOVELS
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
"In cooperation with the Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum, The Ohio State University Libraries."
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781449460365
Category : COMICS & GRAPHIC NOVELS
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
"In cooperation with the Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum, The Ohio State University Libraries."
Leviathan
Author: Thomas Hobbes
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 048612214X
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 418
Book Description
Written during a moment in English history when the political and social structures were in flux and open to interpretation, Leviathan played an essential role in the development of the modern world.
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 048612214X
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 418
Book Description
Written during a moment in English history when the political and social structures were in flux and open to interpretation, Leviathan played an essential role in the development of the modern world.
Hobbes and Modern Political Thought
Author: Yves Charles Zarka
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
ISBN: 1474401201
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 272
Book Description
Yves Charles Zarka shows you how Hobbes established the framework for modern political thought. Discover the origin of liberalism in the Hobbesian theory of negative liberty; that Hobbesian interest and contract are essential to contemporary discussions of the comportment of economic actors; and how state sovereignty returns anew in the form of the servility of the state. At the same time, Zarka controversially argues against received readings claiming that Hobbes is a thinker of a state monopoly on legitimate violence.
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
ISBN: 1474401201
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 272
Book Description
Yves Charles Zarka shows you how Hobbes established the framework for modern political thought. Discover the origin of liberalism in the Hobbesian theory of negative liberty; that Hobbesian interest and contract are essential to contemporary discussions of the comportment of economic actors; and how state sovereignty returns anew in the form of the servility of the state. At the same time, Zarka controversially argues against received readings claiming that Hobbes is a thinker of a state monopoly on legitimate violence.
Hobbes
Author: A.P. Martinich
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1135180792
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 282
Book Description
Thomas Hobbes (1588-1679) was the first great English philosopher and one of the most important theorists of human nature and politics in the history of Western thought. This superlative introduction presents Hobbes' main doctrines and arguments, covering all of Hobbes' philosophy. A.P. Martinich begins with a helpful overview of Hobbes' life and work, setting his ideas against the political and scientific background of seventeenth-century England. He then introduces and assesses, in clear chapters, Hobbes' contributions to fundamental areas of philosophy: epistemology and metaphysics, in particular Hobbes' materialism and determinism and his relation to Descartes ethics and political philosophy, concentrating on Hobbes' most famous work, Leviathan, and the theory of the social contract it advances philosophy of science, logic and language, considering Hobbes' theory of nominalism and his writing on rhetoric and the uses of language; religion, examining Hobbes' analyses of revelation, prophets and miracles. The final chapter considers the legacy of Hobbes' thought and his influence on contemporary philosophy.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1135180792
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 282
Book Description
Thomas Hobbes (1588-1679) was the first great English philosopher and one of the most important theorists of human nature and politics in the history of Western thought. This superlative introduction presents Hobbes' main doctrines and arguments, covering all of Hobbes' philosophy. A.P. Martinich begins with a helpful overview of Hobbes' life and work, setting his ideas against the political and scientific background of seventeenth-century England. He then introduces and assesses, in clear chapters, Hobbes' contributions to fundamental areas of philosophy: epistemology and metaphysics, in particular Hobbes' materialism and determinism and his relation to Descartes ethics and political philosophy, concentrating on Hobbes' most famous work, Leviathan, and the theory of the social contract it advances philosophy of science, logic and language, considering Hobbes' theory of nominalism and his writing on rhetoric and the uses of language; religion, examining Hobbes' analyses of revelation, prophets and miracles. The final chapter considers the legacy of Hobbes' thought and his influence on contemporary philosophy.
Calvin and Hobbes
Author: Bill Watterson
Publisher: Turtleback Books
ISBN: 9780833554536
Category : Comic books, strips, etc
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
A collection of comic strips following the adventures of Calvin and his stuffed tiger Hobbes.
Publisher: Turtleback Books
ISBN: 9780833554536
Category : Comic books, strips, etc
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
A collection of comic strips following the adventures of Calvin and his stuffed tiger Hobbes.
The Complete Calvin and Hobbes
Author: Bill Watterson
Publisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing
ISBN: 9780740748479
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 492
Book Description
Four volume set spanning years 1985 to 1995.
Publisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing
ISBN: 9780740748479
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 492
Book Description
Four volume set spanning years 1985 to 1995.
The Calvin and Hobbes Tenth Anniversary Book
Author: Bill Watterson
Publisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing
ISBN: 0836204387
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 37
Book Description
A retrospective of ten years of strips with comments by the author.
Publisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing
ISBN: 0836204387
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 37
Book Description
A retrospective of ten years of strips with comments by the author.
ICC Register
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Transportation, Automotive
Languages : en
Pages : 44
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Transportation, Automotive
Languages : en
Pages : 44
Book Description