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ROUTLEDGE LIBRARY EDITIONS: 17TH CENTURY PHILOSOPHY Volume 5 RHETORIC AND PHILOSOPHY IN HOBBES’ LEVIATHAN Taylor & Francis Taylor & Francis Group http://taylorandfrancis.com RHETORIC AND PHILOSOPHY IN HOBBES’ LEVIATHAN RAIA PROKHOVNIK i ~ ~~o~!~~n~~~up LONDON AND NEW YORK Firstpublishedin1991byGarland Thiseditionfirstpublishedin2020 byRoutledge 2ParkSquare,MiltonPark,Abingdon,OxonOX144RN andbyRoutledge 52VanderbiltAvenue,NewYork,NY10017 RoutledgeisanimprintoftheTaylor&FrancisGroup,aninforma business ©1991RaiaProkhovnik Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthisbookmaybereprintedor reproducedorutilisedinanyformorbyanyelectronic,mechanical, orothermeans,nowknownorhereafterinvented,including photocopyingandrecording,orinanyinformationstorageor retrievalsystem,withoutpermissioninwritingfromthepublishers. Trademarknotice:Productorcorporatenamesmaybetrademarksor registeredtrademarks,andareusedonlyforidentificationand explanationwithoutintenttoinfringe. BritishLibraryCataloguinginPublicationData AcataloguerecordforthisbookisavailablefromtheBritishLibrary ISBN:978-0-367-27875-5(Set) ISBN:978-0-429-29844-8(Set)(ebk) ISBN:978-0-367-33103-0(Volume5)(hbk) ISBN:978-0-429-31799-6(Volume5)(ebk) Publisher’sNote Thepublisherhasgonetogreatlengthstoensurethequalityofthis reprintbutpointsoutthatsomeimperfectionsintheoriginalcopies maybeapparent. Disclaimer Thepublisherhasmadeeveryefforttotracecopyrightholdersand wouldwelcomecorrespondencefromthosetheyhavebeenunableto trace. RHETORIC AND PHILOSOPHY IN HOBBES' LEVIATHAN Raia Prokhovnik GARLAND PUBLISHING, INC. New York London 1991 Copyright © 1991 by Raia Prokhovnik AJl Rights Reserved Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Prokhovnik, Raia. Rhetoric and philosophy in Hobbes' Leviathan/ Raia Prokhovnik. p. cm.-(Political theory and political philosophy) Revision of the author's thesis (Ph.D.-Landon School of Economics and Political Science, 1981). Includes bibliographical references. ISBN 0-8153~0142-1 (alk. paper) 1. Hobbes, Thomas, 1588-1679. Leviathan. 2. Hobbes, Thomas, 1588- 1679-Literary art. I. Title. II. Series. JC153.H659P76 1991 320.1'092-dc20 91-10709 Printed on acid-free, 250-year-life paper. MANUFACTURED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA For Gary, Eleanor and Conal and to the memory of Kay Taylor & Francis Taylor & Francis Group http://taylorandfrancis.com TABLE OF CONTENTS Page List of illustrations ........ .. .. ... .......... .. .. .......... .. .. ... .. .. .. .... ix Preface............................................................................. XI Chapter 1. The Notion of Rhetoric 1 2. Figurative Language in Philosophical Understanding 18 3. Hobbes and Seventeenth-Century Literary Criticism 56 4. Hobbes on Language and Rhetoric 105 5. Hobbes and the Engraved Title-Page of Leviathan 130 6. Hobbes and Hooker 149 7. Allegory and Philosophy in Leviathan 195 8. Conclusion 223 lllustrations -Examples of Seventeenth-Century Engraved Title-Pages 226 Bibliography 238 vii
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