Hobbes, the Scriblerians and the history of philosophy
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Hobbes, the Scriblerians and the history of philosophy
Pickering & Chatto, 2012
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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Description
Satire was core to the work of Thomas Hobbes although his critics also used it as a weapon to ridicule him. Condren uses Hobbes as an example to demonstrate that an examination of the persona is needed to advance our understanding of a writer's philosophy.
Table of Contents
- Introduction
- Part I Part
- Chapter 1 Hobbes, Lucianic Humour and the Philosophic Persona
- Chapter 2 Hoisting Hobbes on the Satiric Petard
- Part II Part
- Chapter 3 The Seriousness of the Absurd: The Scriblerian Philosophic Persona
- Chapter 4 Identity, Materiality and the Language of Philosophical Absurdity
- Chapter 5 Hobbes and the Scriblerians
- Chapter 6 Afterword: The History of Early Modern Philosophy: Method, Speech Act and Persona
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