Secular powers : humility in modern political thought /
Cooper, Julie E.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-228) and index.
Toward a revised history of modesty and humility -- Modesty: Hobbes on how mere mortals can create a mortal god -- Humility: Spinoza on the joys of finitude -- Self-love: Rousseau on the allure, and the elusiveness of divine self-sufficiency -- Conclusion: A modest tale about theoretical modesty.
Hobbes, Thomas, 1588-1679.
Spinoza, Benedictus de, 1632-1677.
Rousseau, Jean-Jacques, 1712-1778.
Modesty.
Humility.
Secularism
Philosophy, European