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State of nature or Eden? :Thomas Hobbes and his contemporaries on the natural condition of human beings

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State of nature or Eden? :Thomas Hobbes and his contemporaries on the natural condition of human beings

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Rochester, NY

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University of Rochester Press

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Rochester studies in philosophy,9251-881X

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Includes bibliographical references )p. ]226[-240( and index

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Helen Thornton

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State of nature or Eden? -- Hobbes' state of nature as an account of the fall? -- Hobbes' own belief or unbelief -- The contemporary reaction to Leviathan -- Hobbes and commentaries on Genesis -- A note on method and chapter order -- Good and evil -- Hobbes on good and evil -- The 'seditious doctrines' of the schoolmen -- The contemporary reaction -- The scriptural account -- The state of nature as an account of the fall? -- Equality and unsociability -- Hobbes and natural equality -- The contemporary reaction -- The scriptural account -- Hobbes on natural unsociability -- The contemporary reaction -- The scriptural account -- State of nature as Eden? -- The war of all against all -- Hobbes' war of all against all -- The contemporary reaction -- The scriptural account -- State of nature as fallen condition? -- The right and law of nature -- Hobbes and natural right -- The contemporary reaction -- Hobbes and natural law -- The contemporary reaction -- The scriptural account -- Hobbes as reformed theologian? -- The creation of society -- Hobbes on the escape from the state of nature -- The contemporary reaction : Hobbes versus divine right -- The scriptural account of Cain building a city -- Hobbes on the creation of the commonwealth -- The contemporary reaction : Hobbes versus the patriarchalists -- The scriptural account of the relationship between Adam and Eve -- State of nature as Eden, the process of the fall, and the fallen condition? -- Reading Hobbes' state of nature -- Anti-aristotelianism -- Hobbes' Protestantism

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، Hobbes, Thomas,8851-9761.Leviathan

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Criticism and interpretation History ، Hobbes, Thomas,8851-9761

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Religion ، Hobbes, Thomas,8851-9761

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، Natural law

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، Fall of man

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، Nature and civilization

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4691-

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Thornton, Helen

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