Hobbes on Civil AssociationThis new collection presents Michael Oakeshott's four principal essays on Hobbes and the nature of civil association as it pertains to ordered liberty. The foreword by Paul Franco remarks the place of these essays within Oakeshott's entire corpus.The essays areIntroduction to Leviathan (1964)The Moral Life in the Writings of Thomas Hobbes (1960)Dr. Leo Strauss on Hobbes (1937)Leviathan: A Myth(1947) |
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The Moral Life in the Writings of Thomas Hobbes | 75 |
Dr Leo Strauss on Hobbes | 132 |
a myth | 150 |
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