Hobbes, the Scriblerians and the History of Philosophy

Satire was core to the work of Thomas Hobbes although his critics also used it as a weapon to ridicule him. Condren uses Hobbes as an example to demonstrate that an examination of the persona is needed to advance our understanding of a writer's philosophy.

Conal Condren

Introduction; Part I Part; Chapter 1 Hobbes, Lucianic Humour and the Philosophic Persona; Chapter 2 Hoisting Hobbes on the Satiric Petard; Part II Part; Chapter 3 The Seriousness of the Absurd: The Scriblerian Philosophic Persona; Chapter 4 Identity, Materiality and the Language of Philosophical Absurdity; Chapter 5 Hobbes and the Scriblerians; Chapter 6 Afterword: The History of Early Modern Philosophy: Method, Speech Act and Persona;