Quentin Skinner on Hobbes on the State
Published on Oct 14, 2007 in Education > Philosophy
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Quentin Skinner on Hobbes on the...
October 14, 2007
What is the state? How do individuals combine to lend legitimate authority to those who act on the state's behalf? These are fundamental questions ... More
What is the state? How do individuals combine to lend legitimate authority to those who act on the state's behalf? These are fundamental questions in political philosophy that Thomas Hobbes addressed in the seventeenth century. In this interview Quentin Skinner gives a fascinating account of Hobbes' ideas about the state. Less
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