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Media type:
E-Article
Title:
Love and the Leviathan: Thomas Hobbes's Critique of Platonic Eros
Contributor:
Patapan, Haig;
Sikkenga, Jeffrey
imprint:
Sage Publications, 2008
Published in:Political Theory
Language:
English
ISSN:
0090-5917
Origination:
Footnote:
Description:
<p>Hobbes's understanding of love, and its significance for his political thought, has received insufficient attention. This essay contends that Hobbes has a consistent and comprehensive teaching on love that directly repudiates what he regards as the Platonic teaching on eros. In attacking the Platonic idea of eros, Hobbes undermines a pillar of classical political philosophy and articulates a significant aspect of his new understanding of the passions in terms of power, which is itself a critical part of his new political science most famously presented in Leviathan.</p>