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Hobbes, Locke, and confusion's masterpiece : an examination of seventeenth-century political philosophy

In this major 2003 study of the foundations of modern political theory the eminent political philosopher Ross Harrison explains, analyzes, and criticizes the work of Hobbes, Locke, and their contemporaries. He provides a full account of the turbulent historical background that shaped the political, intellectual, and religious content of this philosophy.
Print Book, English, 2003
Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2003
281 p
9780521817004, 9780521017190, 0521817005, 052101719X
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Introduction; 1. The word; 2. The great beast Leviathan; 3. The state of nature's law; 4. The birth of justice; 5. War and peace; 6. Locke's law; 7. Disobedient Locke; 8. The key to Locke's property; 9. Why utility pleases.