Science, Politics, and the Humanist Ambitions of Thomas Hobbes
by
Ted H. Miller
Language: English
Release Date: December 12, 2011
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...