Thomas Hobbes and the Political Philosophy of Glory

Slomp, Gabriella

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“…This is also denied by Slomp and , albeit on different grounds. First, she claims that the definition of ‘glory’ given in the Leviathan only appears different, but is not in fact different (: 181).…”

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“…Skinner : 327–75), and also employing rhetoric to a higher degree (Johnston : 69; Skinner : 376–425). For a critique of Skinner's approach, see Slomp : 2–4 and Martel : 26. I agree with the idea that rhetoric is quite important for Hobbes.…”

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“…First, she claims that the definition of ‘glory’ given in the Leviathan only appears different, but is not in fact different (: 181). Second, she assumes that ‘in later works nurture rather than nature is singled out by Hobbes as the major source of human actions’ (: 108f.). I am a little skeptical about this point.…”

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Self‐Knowledge and Knowledge of Mankind in Hobbes' Leviathan

Renz

2017

European J of Philosophy

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In the introduction to the Leviathan, Hobbes famously defends the anthropological point of departure of his theory of the state by invoking the Delphic injunction ‘Know thyself!’ of which he presents a peculiar reading thereafter. In this paper, I present a reading of the anthropology of the Leviathan that takes this move seriously. In appealing to Delphic injunction, Hobbes wanted to prompt a particular way of reading his anthropology for which it is crucial that the reader relate the presented anthropological views to his self‐conception. The anthropology of the Leviathan is thus a kind of manual for a certain kind of self‐reflection by which the reader's self‐knowledge is to be improved. Furthermore, I will argue that Hobbes' interpretation of the Delphic injunction illuminates several theoretical issues relevant to the epistemology of that kind of ‘self‐knowledge’ that was demanded by the Delphic injunction. While Hobbes does not solve all the epistemological problems related with the ideal appealed to by this inscription, he does provide some interesting insights into some general requirements that any epistemological account of Socratic self‐knowledge has to meet.

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Self‐Knowledge and Knowledge of Mankind in Hobbes' Leviathan

Renz

2017

European J of Philosophy

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“…Leviathan we encounter a 'prototype man' and spoke of different models of man (Johnston 1986) or no model of man (Slomp 2000); they argued that Hobbes's psychology is more complex and nuanced that some quotations would suggest (Holmes 1990); they rejected the idea that Hobbesian men see others only as means to attain their ends (Baier 1987, Stanlick 2002; they challenged the notion that natural men and citizens are the same (Gert 1972, 11;2010); they questioned Gauthier's suggestion that in biology a selfish principle must give rise to selfish behaviour.…”

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On Benevolence and Love of Others

Slomp¹

2019

Interpreting Hobbes's Political Philosophy

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Andrews Hobbes is famous for his insights into the impact of man's fear, glory and greed on war and peace, not for his views on the bearing of men's benevolence on the commonwealth. Are Hobbesian people even capable of love of others? In the literature, we find two main answers: one view is that Hobbes ruled out the possibility of disinterested benevolence among men; the other is that Hobbes considered actions driven by genuine benevolence

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“…We might expect Hobbes to see false-glory as as ourceo fc onflict,g iven its capacity to produce real agency.Nevertheless,assome scholars have suggested, (Cooper 2010;Slomp 2000) Hobbes appears to present vain-glory (more than false-glory) as the primary cause of conflictual interactions. Whys hould vainglory,p erhaps more thanf alse-glory,e xacerbatec onflict?T he answer mayl ie in the idea that vainlyglorious men hope for precedencyand superiority abovetheir fellows,not onlywhen they aree qual in power,b ut also when they arei nferior (EL XIV,4 ;E WI V, 82).…”

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The Roots of Respect : A Historic-Philosophical Itinerary

Giorgini¹,

Irrera²

2017

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Thomas Hobbes and the Political Philosophy of Glory

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Self‐Knowledge and Knowledge of Mankind in Hobbes' Leviathan

Self‐Knowledge and Knowledge of Mankind in Hobbes' Leviathan

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