Hobbes’s System of Ideas
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Hobbes’s System of Ideas is a scholarly work by philosopher John W. N. Watkins that analyzes and reconstructs the philosophical doctrines and conceptual framework of Thomas Hobbes.
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Target entity: Hobbes’s System of Ideas Context triple: [John W. N. Watkins, notableWork, Hobbes’s System of Ideas]
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Hobbes (Blackwood’s Philosophical Classics series)
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"Leviathan, or The Matter, Forme and Power of a Common-Wealth Ecclesiasticall and Civil" is a 1651 political philosophy treatise by Thomas Hobbes that argues for a powerful sovereign authority as the basis of social order and civil peace.
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Third Treatise on the Commandments
The Third Treatise on the Commandments is a section of Saadia Gaon's philosophical work *Emunot ve-Deot* that systematically explains and justifies the divine commandments in Jewish law.
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Two Treatises of Government
Two Treatises of Government is a seminal 17th-century political philosophy work that argues for natural rights, government by consent, and the right of revolution against tyranny.
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Discourses Concerning Government
Discourses Concerning Government is a seminal 17th-century political treatise by Algernon Sidney that defends republican principles and the right to resist tyrannical rule.
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Target entity: Hobbes’s System of Ideas Target entity description: Hobbes’s System of Ideas is a scholarly work by philosopher John W. N. Watkins that analyzes and reconstructs the philosophical doctrines and conceptual framework of Thomas Hobbes.
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A.
Hobbes (Blackwood’s Philosophical Classics series)
Hobbes (Blackwood’s Philosophical Classics series) is George Croom Robertson’s scholarly monograph offering a concise, critical introduction to the life, thought, and major works of the philosopher Thomas Hobbes.
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B.
Leviathan, or The Matter, Forme and Power of a Common-Wealth Ecclesiasticall and Civil
"Leviathan, or The Matter, Forme and Power of a Common-Wealth Ecclesiasticall and Civil" is a 1651 political philosophy treatise by Thomas Hobbes that argues for a powerful sovereign authority as the basis of social order and civil peace.
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C.
Third Treatise on the Commandments
The Third Treatise on the Commandments is a section of Saadia Gaon's philosophical work *Emunot ve-Deot* that systematically explains and justifies the divine commandments in Jewish law.
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D.
Two Treatises of Government
Two Treatises of Government is a seminal 17th-century political philosophy work that argues for natural rights, government by consent, and the right of revolution against tyranny.
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E.
Discourses Concerning Government
Discourses Concerning Government is a seminal 17th-century political treatise by Algernon Sidney that defends republican principles and the right to resist tyrannical rule.
- F. None of above. chosen
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conceptual framework of Thomas Hobbes
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philosophical doctrines of Thomas Hobbes ⓘ |
| author | John W. N. Watkins NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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coherence of Hobbes’s theoretical system
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systematic reconstruction of Hobbes’s philosophy ⓘ |
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history of philosophy
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philosophy ⓘ |
| hasForm | monograph ⓘ |
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rational reconstruction of Hobbes’s arguments
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systematic interpretation of Hobbes ⓘ |
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historians of philosophy
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Hobbes scholarship
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analytic history of philosophy ⓘ |
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epistemology
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metaphysics ⓘ philosophy of science ⓘ political philosophy ⓘ |
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