Hobbes

Thomas Hobbes (1588-1679) was the first great English philosopher and one of the most important theorists of human nature and politics in the history of Western thought. This superlative introduction introduces Hobbes's main doctrines and arguments, covering all of Hobbes's philosophy.

A. P. Martinich is Roy Allison Vaughan Centennial Professor of Philosophy at the University of Texas, Austin

Figures

x

Preface

xi

Acknowledgements

xii

Abbreviations

xiii

Chronology

xiv

One Life

1

(23)

The Return of the Native

1

(3)

Early Life

4

(3)

Science and International Relations

7

(8)

Political Views

15

(3)

Religious, Mathematical, and Scientific Disputes

18

(5)

Further Reading

23

(1)

Two Metaphysics and Mind

24

(30)

Materialism

24

(4)

Conatus

28

(2)

Mechanism

30

(1)

Determinism

31

(2)

Mind

33

(1)

Sensation

33

(2)

Imagination

35

(2)

Mental Discourse

37

(1)

Desire, Appetite, Aversion

38

(6)

The Importance of Desires

44

(3)

Free Will

47

(6)

Conclusion

53

(1)

Further Reading

53

(1)

Three Moral Philosophy

54

(53)

Moral and Political Philosophy

54

(3)

Good and Evil

57

(6)

The State of Nature

63

(2)

Equality

65

(12)

The Right of Nature

77

(2)

Liberty

79

(1)

The Definition of the Law of Nature

80

(6)

The Deduction of the Laws of Nature

86

(11)

Laws and Propositional Form

97

(1)

Other Laws of Nature

98

(2)

When Do the Laws Apply?

100

(1)

Eternal Natural Laws

100

(1)

The Fool

101

(4)

Conclusion

105

(1)

Further Reading

106

(1)

Four Political Philosophy

107

(30)

The Origin of a Commonwealth

107

(5)

Persons

112

(3)

Authorization and Alienation

115

(10)

Sovereignty by Acquisition

125

(3)

The Properties of a Sovereign

128

(3)

Political Liberty

131

(1)

The Dissolution of the Commonwealth

132

(3)

The Value of Hobbes's Philosophy

135

(1)

Conclusion

136

(1)

Further Reading

136

(1)

Five Language, Logic, and Science

137

(39)

The Basic Units of Language

137

(4)

Names

141

(3)

Signification and Denotation

144

(2)

Speech Acts

146

(1)

Definitions

147

(3)

Necessary and Contingent Propositions

150

(1)

The Value of Philosophy

151

(2)

The Scope and Definition of Philosophy

153

(19)

The Unity of Science

172

(2)

Conclusion

174

(1)

Further Reading

175

(1)

Six Religion

176

(32)

Cultural Context and Religious Beliefs

176

(3)

Revelation, Prophets, and Miracles

179

(6)

Faith

185

(2)

Religion, Superstition, and True Religion

187

(4)

The Causes of Religion

191

(7)

The Causes of the Decline of Religion

198

(2)

The Nature of God and Language about Him

200

(6)

Conclusion

206

(1)

Further Reading

207

(1)

Seven Hobbes Today

208

(30)

Scholarship before 1975

208

(6)

Scholarship after 1975

214

(21)

Conclusion

235

(2)

Further Reading

237

(1)

Glossary

238

(2)

Notes

240

(8)

Bibliography

248

(7)

Index

255

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