Mortal Gods : : Science, Politics, and the Humanist Ambitions of Thomas Hobbes /

Mortal Gods : : Science, Politics, and the Humanist Ambitions of Thomas Hobbes / / Ted H. Miller.

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According to the commonly accepted view, Thomas Hobbes began his intellectual career as a humanist, but his discovery, in midlife, of the wonders of geometry initiated a critical transition from humanism to the scientific study of politics. In Mortal Gods, Ted Miller radically revises this view, arg...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Penn State University Press Complete eBook-Package Pre-2014
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Miller, Ted H.,
Place / Publishing House:University Park, PA : : Penn State University Press, , [2021]
©2011
Year of Publication:2021
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (344 p.) :; 4 illustrations
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • 1 Introduction
  • 2 The Humanist Face of Hobbes's Mathematics, Part 1
  • 3 Constraints That Enable the Imitation of God
  • 4 King of the Children of Pride: The Imitation of God in Context
  • 5 Architectonic Ambitions: Mathematics and the Demotion of Physics
  • 6 Eloquence and the Audience Thesis
  • 7 All Other Doctrines Exploded: Hobbes, History, and the Struggle over Teaching
  • 8 The Humanist Face of Hobbes's Mathematics, Part 2: Leviathan and the Making of a Masque-Text
  • 9 Conclusion
  • Appendix: Who Is a Geometer?
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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