Book Description
Much of Thomas Hobbes's work can be read as historical commentary, taking up questions in the philosophy of history and the rhetorical possibilities of written history. This collection of scholarly essays explores the relation of Hobbes's work to history as a branch of learning.
About the Author
G.A.J. Rogers is Professor of the History of Philosophy, Keele University. He is the author of
Leviathan: Contemporary Responses to the Political Theory of Thomas Hobbes (1995), and the founding editor of the
British Journal for the History of Philosophy. Tom Sorell is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Essex and the author of
Hobbes (Routledge, 1986).
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