10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «HOBBISM»
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Hobbism in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
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1
Historical Dictionary of Hobbes's Philosophy
HOBBESIANISM AND HOBBISM. Variants derived from Hobbes's name were
common even in his own lifetime. Following the Oxford English Dictionary (s.v.
Hobbism) we find that a person can be a “Hobbist,” that is, “an advocate or
adherent ...
2
Passion's Triumph Over Reason: A History of the Moral ...
7 The Restoration Ethos of Libertinism By 1666 fear, rather like the plague, was
catching, and nothing was more frightening than so-called Hobbism.1 Anti-
tolerationists within the Commons, hostile to the Independency advocated in the
...
Christopher Tilmouth, 2010
3
Religion, Secularization and Political Thought: Thomas ...
at the end of the book led straight to Hobbism. Locke had identified three laws
governing moral action: the law of philosophy or (for he boldly equated the two)
the law of opinion, which varied from society to society and which carried
sanctions ...
4
Social Contract Theory in American Jurisprudence: Too Much ...
Lamprecht, “Hobbes and Hobbism,” 32. Lamprecht, “Hobbes and Hobbism,” 31. “
Hobbes had a remarkable gift for trenchant utterance and a glee in exploit- ing
this gift to the irritation of his opponents.” Lamprecht, “Hobbes and Hobbism,” 34.
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Thomas Hobbes: Critical Assessments
Hobbes therefore differs entirely from Hobbism, since he is not giving a picture of
human nature in its entirety, but is fashioning a concept that is explicitly relative to
the central theme of securing a society in which incentives to violence are few ...
6
Science, Religion, and Politics in Restoration England: ...
In this way, he could show that the laws of matter and motion in fact supported a
more orthodox ethical theory, thereby saving mechanism and the projects of the
Royal Society from the suspicion of Hobbism. Set in these new contexts, ...
Jonathan Bruce Parkin, 1999
7
The Hunting of Leviathan: Seventeenth-century Reactions to ...
According to Macaulay, 'Hobbism soon became an almost essential part of the
character of the fine gentleman', and was welcomed by thousands because it '
degraded religion into a mere affair of the state'.1 Taine says that Hobbes '
erigeait le ...
8
The American Founding and the Social Compact
q. f. •. John. Adams'. "Hobbism". John. Paynter. jfik ( ike many other American
revolutionaries and founders, John Adams grounded his political prescriptions on
an understanding of man and on the principles of justice that he saw as rooted in
...
Ronald J. Pestritto, Thomas G. West, 2003
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Between Consenting Peoples: Political Community and the ...
This view is known as Hobbism, after the name given to the doctrines of those
among his contemporaries who understood his account in just this way and
accepted it as right. I will then show how Raz understands authority in much the
same ...
Jeremy H. A. Webber, Colin Murray Macleod, 2010
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Early Modern Natural Law Theories: Context and Strategies in ...
... the opportunity to stereotype the morally degrading effects of Hobbism as well
as to publicise a hostile interpretation of Hobbes's doctrine which left no doubt as
to its heterodox nature.59 Scargill's offending Hobbism, organised in point form, ...
T. Hochstrasser, P. Schröder, 2003
2 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «HOBBISM»
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Hobbism is used in the context of the following news items.
Jerry Coyne Endorses Free Will (Inadvertently as You Might Expect)
It is rather striking that Richard Dawkins, when he treats of human motives in The Selfish Gene, ...reverts to full-scale Hobbism. «Discovery Institute, Sep 13»
The Art of Being Ruled
Locke tempered Hobbism, granting us inalienable rights and the power to resist tyranny, but he did so because he believed humans to be free ... «Wall Street Journal, Feb 10»
