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Book Reviews / Hobbes Studies 24 (2011) 189–215 205 1 All further unspecifi ed references in the text are to this study. In case of longer quotes, I will give a translation and supply the German original in the footnotes or in parentheses. 2 “Wenn diese Arbeit eine Aufgabe erfüllt, so dann [sic] die einer Handreichung für die heu- tige Philosophie, derartige Eigentümlichkeiten [sc. ständige Anleihen bei Klassikern, dichte Gefl echte von Eigenreferenzen und Paraphrasen, etc.] nicht als störende Hindernisse, sondern als Chance und Hinführung zu einem besseren Textverständnis zu begreifen.” Jan Rothkamm: Institutio Oratoria: Bacon, Hobbes, Descartes, Spinoza . Brill’s Studies in Intel- lectual History, vol. 172 Leiden and Boston: Brill, 2009, x + 539 pp. ISSN: 0920-8607, hard- back (€ 105 / $ 144). Among the classics of the Early Modern, not only Hobbes is famous for his polemics against all those of his contemporaries that pride themselves in their competence in rhetoric. In his attacks against the use of rhetoric Hobbes concentrated mainly on political philosophy, focusing on the turmoil caused by ‘orators’, whereas some of his contemporaries like Bacon and Descartes argued that rhetoric, taken as a combination of highly eloquent speech and persuasive
Hobbes Studies – Brill
Published: Jan 1, 2011
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