1st Edition

Hobbes, the Scriblerians and the History of Philosophy

By Conal Condren Copyright 2012
    240 Pages
    by Routledge

    240 Pages
    by Routledge

    Satire was core to the work of Thomas Hobbes although his critics also used it as a weapon to ridicule him. Condren uses Hobbes as an example to demonstrate that an examination of the persona is needed to advance our understanding of a writer's philosophy.

    Introduction; Part I Part; Chapter 1 Hobbes, Lucianic Humour and the Philosophic Persona; Chapter 2 Hoisting Hobbes on the Satiric Petard; Part II Part; Chapter 3 The Seriousness of the Absurd: The Scriblerian Philosophic Persona; Chapter 4 Identity, Materiality and the Language of Philosophical Absurdity; Chapter 5 Hobbes and the Scriblerians; Chapter 6 Afterword: The History of Early Modern Philosophy: Method, Speech Act and Persona;

    Biography

    Conal Condren