State of nature or Eden?
Subtitle: Thomas Hobbes and his contemporaries on the natural condition of human beings
By: Helen Thornton
Series: Rochester studies in philosophy
Publisher: University of Rochester Press
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Rochester, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 251
Subjects: Hobbes, Thomas, -- 1588-1679.; Hobbes, Thomas, -- 1588-1679 -- Criticism and interpretation -- History -- 17th century; Hobbes, Thomas, -- 1588-1679 -- Religion; Bible. -- O.T. -- Genesis -- Criticism, interpretation, etc. -- History -- 17th century; Natural law; Fall of man; Nature and civilization
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [178]-240) and index
Table of contents: title: State of nature or Eden?; title: Hobbes' state of nature as an account of the fall?; title: Hobbes' own belief or unbelief; title: The contemporary reaction to Leviathan; title: Hobbes and commentaries on Genesis; title: A note on method and chapter order; title: Good and evil; title: Hobbes on good and evil; title: The 'seditious doctrines' of the schoolmen; title: The contemporary reaction; title: The scriptural account; title: The state of nature as an account of the fall?; title: Equality and unsociability; title: Hobbes and natural equality; title: The contemporary reaction; title: The scriptural account; title: Hobbes on natural unsociability; title: The contemporary reaction; title: The scriptural account; title: State of nature as Eden?; title: The war of all against all; title: Hobbes' war of all against all; title: The contemporary reaction; title: The scriptural account; title: State of nature as fallen condition?; title: The right and law of nature; title: Hobbes and natural right; title: The contemporary reaction; title: Hobbes and natural law; title: The contemporary reaction; title: The scriptural account; title: Hobbes as reformed theologian?; title: The creation of society; title: Hobbes on the escape from the state of nature; title: The contemporary reaction : Hobbes versus divine right; title: The scriptural account of Cain building a city; title: Hobbes on the creation of the commonwealth; title: The contemporary reaction : Hobbes versus the patriarchalists; title: The scriptural account of the relationship between Adam and Eve; title: State of nature as Eden, the process of the fall, and the fallen condition?; title: Conclusion; title: Reading Hobbes' state of nature; title: Anti-aristotelianism; title: Hobbes' Protestantism