Mortal Gods: Science, Politics, and the Humanist Ambitions of Thomas Hobbes
Miller, Ted H.
| Publication Date | 2011 |
|---|---|
| Publisher | Penn State University Press |
| Binding | Hardback |
| Condition | Very good copy |
| SKU | 19136 |
| Notes | Very clean and neat. |
Description
Paperback. 338pp. 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, arguing that Hobbes never ceased to be a humanist. Miller’s work is a fundamental recasting of Hobbes’s project, a recontextualization of his thought within early modern humanist pedagogy and the court culture of the Stuart regimes.
