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Hobbes: A Very Short Introduction
Very Short Introductions
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Thomas Hobbes, the first great English political philosopher, has long had the reputation of being a pessimistic atheist, who saw human nature as inevitably evil and proposed a totalitarian state to subdue human failings. In this illuminating study, Richard Tuck re-evaluates Hobbes's philosophy and dispels these myths, revealing him to have been passionately concerned with the refutation of scepticism, and to have developed a theory of knowledge which rivalled that
of Descartes in its importance.
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Review from previous edition lucid introduction to the first great English political philosopher * The Times * Very useful for students - comprehensive, concise and clearly written. * J. Townshend, Manchester Polytechnic * A useful introductory text, particularly in so far as it makes the results of more recent scholarship readily available to undergraduates. * Dr P. Dews, University of Essex *