Overview
- Explores Hobbes's philosophy from the perspective of his creativity
- Written for scholars of of philosophy, intellectual history and political theory
- Concludes that Hobbes became a great philosopher because of his creative virtuosity
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This book approaches Hobbes's philosophy from a completely new perspective: his creativity. Creativity is the production of something which experts consider to be original, valuable and of high quality. James Hamilton explores Hobbes's creativity by focusing on his development, personality, and motivation in the context of his culture and environment, and on the ways in which he thought creatively, as inferred from his writings. Identification of the ideas which Hobbes drew upon is an important part of the study for two reasons. First, they are necessary to determine which of Hobbes's ideas and theories are original and which are not. Second, analysis of his creativity requires an understanding of the ideas from which he drew. Hamilton concludes that Hobbes became a great philosopher because of his creative virtuosity.
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About the author
James J. Hamilton served in the U.S. Foreign Service from 1979 to 2006. He received his Ph.D. in Political Science from Columbia University in 1978, and taught briefly at Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Hobbes's Creativity
Authors: James J. Hamilton
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-27733-7
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Religion and Philosophy, Philosophy and Religion (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2023
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-031-27732-0Published: 16 May 2023
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-031-27735-1Published: 17 May 2024
eBook ISBN: 978-3-031-27733-7Published: 15 May 2023
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIII, 258
Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations
Topics: Philosophy, general, Political Theory, History, general