{"product_id":"hobbes-9780192802552","title":"Hobbes","description":"Thomas Hobbes (1588-1679) was the first great English political philosopher, and his book \u003cem\u003eLeviathan\u003c\/em\u003e was one of the first truly modern works of philosophy. Richard Tuck shows that while Hobbes may indeed have been an atheist, he was far from pessimistic about human nature, nor did he advocate totalitarianism. By locating him against the context of his age, we learn that Hobbes developed a theory of knowledge which rivaled that of Descartes in its importance for the formation of modern philosophy.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRichard Tuck\u003c\/strong\u003e is Professor of Government at Harvard University. He is the author of \u003cem\u003eNatural Rights Theories\u003c\/em\u003e (1979) and \u003cem\u003ePhilosophy and Government 1572-1651\u003c\/em\u003e (1993), and has produced editions of Hobbes's \u003cem\u003eLeviathan\u003c\/em\u003e and (with Michael Silverthorne) \u003cem\u003eDe Cive\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Oxford University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50892936544530,"sku":"9780192802552","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_fc69b6b5-e255-4f5d-a981-352b3961222c.jpg?v=1738212971","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/hobbes-9780192802552","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}