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The Elements of Law Natural and Politic. Part I: Human Nature; Part II: De Corpore Politico: with Three Lives
Thomas Hobbes
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Description for The Elements of Law Natural and Politic. Part I: Human Nature; Part II: De Corpore Politico: with Three Lives
Paperback. This work was originally published in 1650 as two separate books, Human nature, and De corpore politico. Editor(s): Gaskin, J. C. A. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: HPCD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 129 x 18. Weight in Grams: 240.
`the state of men without civil society (which state we may properly call the state of nature) is nothing else but a mere war of all against all.' Thomas Hobbes was the first great philosopher to write in English. His account of the human condition, first developed in The Elements of Law (1640), which comprises Human Nature and De Corpore Politico, is a direct product of the intellectural and political strife of the seventeenth century. It is also a remarkably penetrating look at human nature, and a permanently relevant analysis of the fears of self-seeking that result ... Read more
`the state of men without civil society (which state we may properly call the state of nature) is nothing else but a mere war of all against all.' Thomas Hobbes was the first great philosopher to write in English. His account of the human condition, first developed in The Elements of Law (1640), which comprises Human Nature and De Corpore Politico, is a direct product of the intellectural and political strife of the seventeenth century. It is also a remarkably penetrating look at human nature, and a permanently relevant analysis of the fears of self-seeking that result ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Series
Oxford World's Classics
Condition
New
Number of Pages
352
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780199549702
SKU
V9780199549702
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