Hobbes the pessimist? Continuity of Hobbes's views on reason and eloquence between The Elements of Law and Leviathan

Some scholars allot a significant role to Hobbes's allegedly changing attitude on rhetoric between the early political works and the later 'Leviathan'. Suggests, however, that the combination of Hobbes's harsh words on rhetoric, eloquence and orators, and his marvellous style rep...

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Published inBritish journal for the history of philosophy Vol. 10; no. 1; pp. 31 - 54
Main Author NAUTA, Lodi
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Abingdon Taylor & Francis 01.02.2002
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17th century
Historical studies (History of philosophy. History of ideas)
Philosophy
Argumentation
Pessimism
Leviathan
Value
Style
Rhetoric
World View
Hobbes (T.)
Man
Culture
Humanism
Reason
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Summary:Some scholars allot a significant role to Hobbes's allegedly changing attitude on rhetoric between the early political works and the later 'Leviathan'. Suggests, however, that the combination of Hobbes's harsh words on rhetoric, eloquence and orators, and his marvellous style replete with rhetorical fireworks, is not 'explained' by a growing sense of pessimism, but shows simply that for Hobbes, rhetoric was a matter of style and presentation, but could never be part of the production of true knowledge and the construction of science. (Quotes from original text)
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ISSN:0960-8788
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