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Power of Vision. Hobbes’ De Homine between Optical and Political Science
Scienza & Politica, 2019 The essay proposes to read the political science of Thomas Hobbes in the light of his studies on optics, with particular reference to De homine. I intend to verify the relationship existing in Hobbes's thought between the development of the theory of ...
Mauro Farnesi Camellone
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Hobbes in Hollywood: Crime and Its Outcomes in the Natural State [PDF]
, 2017 This content analysis introduces a genre of film that paralleled the rise of conservatism in the United States (1979–1996). Based on the words of Hobbes, the films are perceived to represent the world in its natural state, absent the proper social and ...
Ferrandino, Joseph
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The Quality of Government and Educational Performance Across Countries
Economics &Politics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Using a new indicator of government quality, two different indicators of educational performance and two different datasets covering up to 120 countries, this study finds robust evidence that a higher quality of government improves educational performance.
Horst Feldmann
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Para una crítica de toda teología política
Isegoría, 2008 El vertiginoso regreso de lo teológico a lo político es uno de los acontecimientos sintomáticos de la posmodernidad en que vivimos. Sin embargo, es necesario repensar lo político sin lo teológico y articular una crítica radical de lo teológico-político ...
Yves Charles Zarka
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Philosophy at Cambridge, Newsletter of the Faculty of Philosophy [PDF]
, 2009 Philosophy at Cambridge. Newsletter of the Philosophy Faculty. Articles by: Simon Blackburn, 'From the Chairman' ; Philip Pettit, 'Hobbes, Berlin and Freedom' ; Matthew Kramer, 'What is Legal Philosophy?' ; 'A Conversation with Tim Crane' Interviewed by ...
Lecky-Thompson, Jenni
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Journal of Personality, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Introduction Does virtue benefit its possessor, or is it beneficial for others but not the self? We tested two highly influential theories that offer contradictory answers. In particular, we focused on three “hard cases” for the theory that virtue promotes well‐being—that is, three virtues that aren't obviously enjoyable (compassion, patience,
Michael M. Prinzing +3 more
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The Value of Friendship for Education [PDF]
, 2018 In lieu of an abstract, here is the article\u27s first paragraph: Western philosophers have enthusiastically praised friendship. A few intellectuals have raised doubts about it, such as Thomas Hobbes and Søren Kierkegaard, but friendship has inspired ...
Ruehl, Robert M.
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Confession and political normativity: control of subjectivity and production of the subject [PDF]
, 2015 The theme of confession, present in the reflection of Michel Foucault since the early 1960s, pursued the same direction of his researches from the late 1970s concerning the problem of government and the studies of governmentality. Under this perspective,
Avelino, Nildo
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Interpreting Hobbes’s Moral Theory: Rightness, Goodness, Virtue, and Responsibility
تأملات اخلاقی, 2021 The paper argues that the moral philosophy of Thomas Hobbes is unified by a complex conception of reason that imposes consistency norms of both rationality and reasonableness.
S. A. LLOYD
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