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Type(s) de contenu et mode(s) de consultation : Texte noté : sans médiation
Auteur(s) : McClure, Christopher Scott
Titre(s) : Hobbes and the artifice of eternity [Texte imprimé] / Christopher Scott McClure
Publication : New York (N.Y.) : Cambridge university press, cop. 2016
Description matérielle : 1 vol. (VII-234 p.) ; 24 cm
Comprend : The desire for immortality as a political problem ; The effectual truth of Hobbes's
rhetoric ; Leviathan as a scientific work of art ; The hollow religion of Leviathan
; Hell and anxiety in Hobbes's Leviathan ; War, madness and death: the paradox of
honor in Hobbes's Leviathan ; Self-interest rightly understood in Behemoth: the case
of General Monck ; The afterlife and immortality.
Note(s) : Bibliogr. p. 221-229. Index
"Thomas Hobbes argues that the fear of violent death is the most reliable passion
on which to found political society. His role in shaping the contemporary view of
religion and honor in the West is pivotal, yet his ideas are famously riddled with
contradictions. In this breakthrough study, McClure finds evidence that Hobbes' apparent
inconsistencies are intentional, part of a sophisticated rhetorical strategy meant
to make man more afraid of death than he naturally is. Hobbes subtly undermined two
of the most powerful manifestations of man's desire for immortality: the religious
belief in an afterlife and the secular desire for eternal fame through honor. McClure
argues that Hobbes purposefully stirred up controversy, provoking his adversaries
into attacking him and unwittingly spreading his message. This study will appeal to
scholars of Hobbes, political theorists, historians of early modern political thought
and anyone interested in the genesis of modern Western attitudes toward mortality"
Sujet(s) : Hobbes, Thomas (1588-1679) -- Éternité (philosophie)
Hobbes, Thomas (1588-1679). Leviathan
Immortalité
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9781107153790. - ISBN 1107153794 (rel.)
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb45194705t
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FRBNF45194705
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