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Leviathan drawn out by its tail: The religious ideas of the second half of Leviathan.

机译：Leviathan的尾巴引出了：Leviathan后半部分的宗教思想。

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In this dissertation, I examine the religious writings of Thomas Hobbes, primarily as they occur in the second half of Leviathan (but drawing from other sources as necessary). My aim is to illustrate the continuity between Hobbes' thoughts on religion and other areas of his philosophy, especially his political theory. Hobbes' distinctive philosophical position, filtered through the lens of the Bible, is what animates the theology of the second half of Leviathan. In short: Hobbes is a materialist, a determinist, an empiricist, a nominalist, a political absolutist, and a social and intellectual elitist. He came of age in an Anglican-Calvinist context and had a humanist education. He was born on the cusp of the scientific revolution, and considered himself a scientist and a mathematician. All of these influences affect the views presented in Leviathan. Hobbes approaches the Christianity of his era hypercritically, with an eye to excising foreign and irrational influences (Greek, Scholastic philosophy, pagan religion, Catholic hierarchy) and replacing them with (ostensibly) Biblically-grounded and philosophically-robust doctrines. In effect, Hobbes is attempting to rationally reconstruct Christianity on the basis of Scripture and his own philosophical system, and his overriding concern is with political stability and the absolute authority of the sovereign.;In Chapter 1, I focus on the first half of Leviathan. My discussion explores issues and controversies in the natural theology of Hobbes.;Chapter 2 draws some parallels between Hobbes' determinist physics and the doctrine of predestination most often associated with Jean Calvin.;Chapter 3 begins the analysis of the second half of Leviathan. I consider Hobbes' position on the relationship between reason and revelation. I consider the sources of religious belief from a Hobbesian perspective---miracles, prophecy, and scripture. Hobbes subjects all of these to rigorous epistemological critiques.;In Chapter 4, I examine Hobbes' unique account of eschatology, and the purposes to which he puts it. Hobbes' account of heaven and hell, the soul and salvation, are startling to the modern reader, but actually are an idiosyncratic blend of the radical ideas of some of Hobbes' contemporaries and his own philosophical commitments. I consider some of the potential sources for these innovations in his theory, whether direct or indirect. Hobbes embraces a vision of the relationship between Church and State that emphasizes their unity and absolute subordination to the sovereign.;In Chapter 5, I analyze this extended argument, highlighting Hobbes' encyclopedic attempt to demolish any argument that splits authority into temporal and spiritual realms.;In Chapter 6 I consider the double question of Hobbes' religious sincerity: both as an individual and as the author of Leviathan. I consider the thoughts of the Straussian school as they apply to Hobbes. I return to the thoughts of Hobbes' contemporaries and what they believed that Hobbes was saying about religion. I compare Hobbes to Machiavelli on a major point of overlap.
机译：在这篇论文中，我研究了托马斯·霍布斯的宗教著作，主要是它们出现在利维坦的后半段（但有必要时从其他来源吸取）。我的目的是说明霍布斯的宗教思想与他的哲学其他领域，尤其是他的政治理论之间的连续性。霍布斯独特的哲学立场被《圣经》的镜头过滤掉了，这是利维坦后半段神学的动画。简而言之：霍布斯是唯物主义者，决定论者，经验主义者，唯名论者，政治独裁者以及社会和知识精英。他在英国国教加尔文主义背景下长大，接受过人文教育。他出生于科学革命的顶峰，并自and为科学家和数学家。所有这些影响都会影响Leviathan提出的观点。霍布斯以超批判的态度对待他那个时代的基督教，着眼于消除外国和非理性的影响（希腊，学术哲学，异教徒的宗教，天主教的等级制度），并用（表面上）以圣经为基础和哲学上鲁棒的学说来代替它们。实际上，霍布斯试图在圣经和他自己的哲学体系的基础上合理地重建基督教，而他最关心的是政治稳定性和主权者的绝对权威。在第一章中，我着眼于利维坦的上半年。我的讨论探讨了霍布斯自然神学中的问题和争议。;第二章在霍布斯的决定论物理学与最经常与让·加尔文联系在一起的命题学说之间找到了一些相似之处；第三章开始对利维坦的后半部分进行分析。我认为霍布斯对理性与启示之间关系的立场。我从霍布斯主义的角度考虑宗教信仰的来源-奇迹，预言和经文。霍布斯对所有这些论点都进行了严格的认识论批判。在第4章中，我研究了霍布斯对末世论的独特论述，以及他提出的目的。霍布斯对天堂和地狱，灵魂和救赎的描述令现代读者大吃一惊，但实际上是霍布斯一些同时代激进思想和他自己的哲学承诺的特质融合。我认为他的理论中这些创新的一些潜在来源，无论是直接的还是间接的。霍布斯对教会与国家之间的关系抱有看法，强调了他们与主权国家的统一和绝对从属关系。在第5章中，我分析了这种扩展的论点，着重指出了霍布斯的百科全书尝试，试图摧毁将权威划分为时间和精神领域的任何论点。在第六章中，我考虑了霍布斯宗教诚意的双重问题：无论是作为个人还是作为《利维坦》的作者。我认为施特劳斯学派的思想适用于霍布斯。我回到霍布斯同时代人的思想以及他们认为霍布斯所说的关于宗教的观点。我比较霍布斯和马基雅维利的主要重叠点。

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    Harmon, Jonathan.;

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    Boston College.;

  • 授予单位 Boston College.;
  • 学科 Religion General.;Philosophy.
  • 学位 Ph.D.
  • 年度 2010
  • 页码 298 p.
  • 总页数 298
  • 原文格式 PDF
  • 正文语种 eng
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