Hobbes, Locke, and Confusion's Masterpiece

Description

In this major study of the foundations of modern political theory the eminent political philosopher T.R. Harrison explains, analyzes, and criticizes the work of Hobbes, Locke, and their contemporaries. He provides a full account of the turbulent historical background that shaped the political, intellectual, and religious content of this philosophy. The book explores such questions as the limits of political authority and the relation of the legitimacy of government to the will of its people in non-technical, accessible prose that will appeal to students of philosophy, politics, theology and history.

First Sentence

In the beginning was the word.

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Other Editions

• Hobbes, Locke, and Confusion's Masterpiece: An Examination of Seventeenth-Century Political PhilosophyPaperbackCambridge University Press2002-12-16
• Hobbes, Locke, and Confusion's MasterpieceCambridge University Press2002-01-01
• Hobbes, Locke, and Confusion's MasterpieceCambridge University Press2002-01-01
• Hobbes, Locke, and Confusion's MasterpieceHardcoverCambridge University Press2002-12-16
• Hobbes, Locke, and Confusion's MasterpieceCambridge University Press2003-01-01
• Hobbes, Locke, and Confusion's MasterpieceCambridge University Press2004-01-01