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-Selected papers on Renaissance philosophy and on Thomas Hobbes offers the best work in these fields by the acclaimed historian of philosophy, Karl Schuhmann (1941-2003), displaying the extraordinary range and depth of his unique scholarship,
-Topics covered include Renaissance philosophy of nature; the development of the notion of time in early modern philosophy; Telesio's concept of space; Hermetic influences on Pico, Patrizi and Hobbes; Hobbes's Short Tract; Spinoza and Hobbes; Hobbes's political philosophy,
-This book brings together, in chronological arrangement, twelve papers. Though these were published before in some form, several were not easily accessible so far,
-All articles have been edited in accordance with the author's wishes, and incorporate his later additions and corrections
List of contents
Francis Bacon und Hobbes' Widmungsbrief zu De Cive.- Gedankenschnelle und Himmelsflug: einige hermetische Motive bei Hobbes.- Methodenfragen bei Spinoza und Hobbes: zum Problem des Einflusses.- Zur Entstehung des neuzeitlichen Zeitbegriffs: Telesio, Patrizi, Gassendi.- Telesio's Concept of Matter.- Le concept de l'espace chez Telesio.- Giovanni Pico della Mirandola und der Hermetismus: Vom Mitstreiter zum Gegner.- Francesco Patrizi und die hermetische Philosophie.- La notion de loi chez Hobbes.- Hobbes and the Political Thought of Plato and Aristotle.- Hobbes und Gassendi.- Le Short Tract, première oeuvre philosophique de Hobbes.- Karl Schuhmann - Bibliography (December 2003).
Summary
-Selected papers on Renaissance philosophy and on Thomas Hobbes offers the best work in these fields by the acclaimed historian of philosophy, Karl Schuhmann (1941-2003), displaying the extraordinary range and depth of his unique scholarship,
-Topics covered include Renaissance philosophy of nature; the development of the notion of time in early modern philosophy; Telesio's concept of space; Hermetic influences on Pico, Patrizi and Hobbes; Hobbes's Short Tract; Spinoza and Hobbes; Hobbes's political philosophy,
-This book brings together, in chronological arrangement, twelve papers. Though these were published before in some form, several were not easily accessible so far,
-All articles have been edited in accordance with the author's wishes, and incorporate his later additions and corrections
