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1、ThismajornewworkfromQuentinSkinnerpresentsaradicalreappraisalofthepoliticaltheoryofHobbes.Using,forthefirsttime,thefullrangeofmanuscriptaswellasprintedsources,itdocumentsanentirelyfreshinterpretationofHobbes'sintellectualdevelopment,andre-examinesthefundamentalshiftfromahumanisttoascientif
2、iccultureinEuropeanmoralandpoliticalthought.ThebookbeginswithadetailedandoriginalsurveyofthereceptionofclassicalrhetoricinRenaissanceEngland.OneofthecentralteachingsoftheTudorrhetoricianswasthatthefindingsofreasonmustbereinforcedbythepowerofeloquenceiftheyaretohavetheirfullestpersuasiveeff
3、ect.ProfessorSkinnerconvin-cinglyshowshowHobbes'sconceptionofthecivilscienceswasshapedbyhischangingreactionstothisprecept,andsorescuesHobbesfromtheintellectualisolationinwhichheissooftendiscussed.Inhisearlywork,Hobbesreactedagainsthishumanisteducation,andsoughttoestablisharigorousandformal
4、scienceofpolitics.IntheLeviathan,however,Hobbesseemstodisplayaclearchangeofmind.Herehenotonlyadvocatestheuseofpersuasioninthehumansciences,butmakesfulluseofrhetoricalstrategiesthroughoutthebook.TheparadoxisresolvedwhenweseethatHobbesisemployingthetechniquesof'eloquence',butintheserviceof's
5、cience'.QuentinSkinnersucceedshereinprovidingbothadramaticallynewaccountofthismostdifficult,pivotalfigureintheEuropeanpoliticaltradition,andasplendidexemplificationofthe'Cambridge'contextualapproachtothestudyofintellectualhistory.Theworkasawholehighlightstwodeeplyopposedviewsaboutthecharac
6、terofmoralandpoliticalargument:thedeductive,scientificmodelwhichHobbesespousedandwhichhassincebeenlargelydominant;andthecontrastinghumanistmodel,withitsemphasisondialogueandnegotiation,whichQuentinSkinnerhereurgesustoreconsider.ReasonandrhetoricisinthissensethehumanistresponsetotheLeviatha
7、n.Thisbookwillbeofinterestandimportancetoawiderangeofscholarsinhistory,philosophy,politicsandliterarytheory.REASONANDRHETORICINTHEPHILOSOPHYOFHOBBESREASONANDRHETORICINTHEPHILOSOPHYOFHOBBESQUENTINSKINNERRegiusProfessorofModernHistory,UniversityofCambridgeCAMBRI
