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Politics through the Iliad and the Odyssey: Hobbes writes Homer (Routledge Studies in Social and Political Thought)

Andrea Catanzaro

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Description:Facing censorship and being confined to the fringes of the political debate of his time, Thomas Hobbes turned his attention to translate Homer's Iliad and the Odyssey from Greek into English. Many have not considered enough the usefulness of these translations. In this book, Andrea Catanzaro analyzes the political value of Hobbes' translations of Homer's works and exposes the existence of a link between the translations and the previous works of the Malmesbury philosopher. In doing so, he asks:- What new information concerning Hobbes' political and philosophical thought can be rendered from mere translation?- What new offerings can a man in his eighties at the time offer, having widely explained his political ideas in numerous famous essays and treatises?- What new elements can be deduced in a text that was well-known in England and where there were better versions than the ones produced by Hobbes?Andrea Catanzaro's commentary and theoretical interpretation offers an incentive to study Hobbes lesser known works in the wider development of Western political philosophy and the history of political thought.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Politics through the Iliad and the Odyssey: Hobbes writes Homer (Routledge Studies in Social and Political Thought). To get started finding Politics through the Iliad and the Odyssey: Hobbes writes Homer (Routledge Studies in Social and Political Thought), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: Facing censorship and being confined to the fringes of the political debate of his time, Thomas Hobbes turned his attention to translate Homer's Iliad and the Odyssey from Greek into English. Many have not considered enough the usefulness of these translations. In this book, Andrea Catanzaro analyzes the political value of Hobbes' translations of Homer's works and exposes the existence of a link between the translations and the previous works of the Malmesbury philosopher. In doing so, he asks:- What new information concerning Hobbes' political and philosophical thought can be rendered from mere translation?- What new offerings can a man in his eighties at the time offer, having widely explained his political ideas in numerous famous essays and treatises?- What new elements can be deduced in a text that was well-known in England and where there were better versions than the ones produced by Hobbes?Andrea Catanzaro's commentary and theoretical interpretation offers an incentive to study Hobbes lesser known works in the wider development of Western political philosophy and the history of political thought.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Politics through the Iliad and the Odyssey: Hobbes writes Homer (Routledge Studies in Social and Political Thought). To get started finding Politics through the Iliad and the Odyssey: Hobbes writes Homer (Routledge Studies in Social and Political Thought), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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