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STRAUSS, Leo HOBBES, Thomas Political Philosophy of Hobbes : Its Basis and Its Genesis. Translated fromthe German Manuscript by Elsa M. Sinclair.
Phoemix Book, University of Chicago Press, Chicago & London, 1963,
STRAUSS, Leo. The Political Philosophy of Hobbes : Its Basis and Its Genesis. Translated from the German Manuscript by Elsa M. Sinclair. (Chicago & London) : Phoemix Book, University of Chicago Press, (1963). Pp [i]-xvi,(1),[1]-172,(2). Index. 8vo, brown marbled card covers, black spine. Thomas Hobbes (1588-1679) was an English philosopher, remembered today for his work onpolitical philosophy. His 1651 book Leviathan established the foundation f or most of Western political philosophy from the perspective of social contract theory. Leo Strauss (1899-1973) was a political philosopher who specialized in classical political philosophy. He was born in Germany to Jewish parents and later emigrated to the United States. Originally trained in the Neo-Kantian tradition with Ernst Cassirer and later acquainted with phenomenologists such as Husserl and Heidegger, Strauss later focused his researchon Greek texts of Plato and Aristotle, and encouraged application of their ideas on contemporary political theory. George Parkin Grant (1918-1988) wa s a Canadian philosopher, teacher and political commentator, whose popular appeal peaked in the late 1960s and 1970s. He is best known for his nationalism, political conservatism, comments on technology, pacifism, Christian faith, and conservative views regarding abortion and is credited as one of Canada's most original thinkers. Grant was a faculty member at Dalhousie University, Halifax, N.S., twice (1947-1960, 1980-1988). Edgeworn, creased, else good. Ex-libris George P. Grant (without indication,but acquired from his estate). 22.50
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