Hobbes, Revolution, and the Philosophy of History
Document Type
Book Chapter
Publication Date
1987
Publisher
Springer
Abstract
When coming to the study of Hobbes’s political philosophy one is confronted by several puzzling elements. I wish to take up three of them. The most bothersome, perhaps, is Hobbes’s claim that there is no significant difference between sovereignty by institution and sovereignty by acquisition. Both can be legitimate and can be so for the same reason, namely, the consent of the subjects.
Chapter of
Hobbes's 'Science of Natural Justice.'
Part of
Archives Internationales D’histoire des Idées/International Archives of the History of Ideas
Editor
Craig Walton
Paul J. Johnson
Recommended Citation
Kain, P. J. "Hobbes, Revolution, and the Philosophy of History," in Hobbes's 'Science of Natural Justice.' Ed. C. Walton & P.J. Johnson. Dordrecht: Martinus Nijhoff, 1987, 203-18.
