Reason and Rhetoric in the Philosophy of Hobbes

Klappentext An outstanding new interpretation of Hobbes! one of the most difficult and challenging of political philosophers. Zusammenfassung This book from Quentin Skinner presents an outstanding new interpretation of the political theory of Hobbes. Using all the available text and manuscript sources! the author documents a new view of Hobbes's intellectual development! rescuing him from the intellectual isolation in which he is so often discussed. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgments; Introduction; Part I. Classical Eloquenc e in Renaissance England: 1. The study of rhetoric; 2. The politics of eloquence; 3. The means of persuasion; 4. The techniques of redescription; 5. The uses of imagery; Part II. Hobbes and the Idea of a Civil Science: 6. Hobbes's early humanism; 7. Hobbes's rejection of eloquence; 8. Hobbes's science of politics; 9. Hobbes's reconsideration of eloquence; 10. Hobbes's practice of rhetoric; Conclusion: why did Hobbes change his mind?; Bibliography; Index.

Zusammenfassung
This book from Quentin Skinner presents an outstanding new interpretation of the political theory of Hobbes. Using all the available text and manuscript sources, the author documents a new view of Hobbes's intellectual development, rescuing him from the intellectual isolation in which he is so often discussed.

Inhalt
Acknowledgments; Introduction; Part I. Classical Eloquenc e in Renaissance England: 1. The study of rhetoric; 2. The politics of eloquence; 3. The means of persuasion; 4. The techniques of redescription; 5. The uses of imagery; Part II. Hobbes and the Idea of a Civil Science: 6. Hobbes's early humanism; 7. Hobbes's rejection of eloquence; 8. Hobbes's science of politics; 9. Hobbes's reconsideration of eloquence; 10. Hobbes's practice of rhetoric; Conclusion: why did Hobbes change his mind?; Bibliography; Index.

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