Thesis (Th. D.)--Grace Theological Seminary,1980. / Includes abstract. Includes bibliographical references (leaves [221]-240).

Thesis (Th. D.)--Grace Theological Seminary,1980. / Includes abstract. Includes bibliographical references (leaves [221]-240).

Thesis (Th. D.)--Grace Theological Seminary. / Includes abstract. Includes bibliographical references (leaves [221]-240).

Thesis advisor: David M. Rasmussen / Leviathan drawn out by its tail: The religious ideas of the second half of Leviathan Jonathan Harmon 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 a 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 a 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. / Thesis (PhD) — Boston College, 2010. / Submitted to: Boston College. Graduate School of Arts and Sciences. / Discipline: Philosophy.

Thesis (M.A.)--Denver Seminary, 2005. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 165-176).

Thesis (M.A.)--Denver Seminary, 2005. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 165-176).

Great Lakes Leviathan is a work for Piano and Large Chamber Orchestra that takes its main source of inspiration from cryptozoological reports of sea creatures; particularly those found within the midwestern region of the United States. This work develops over the course of four movements. In the opening movement and in the thalassic finale, entitled The Rising Deep and Great Lakes Leviathan respectively, the listener will experience sound worlds imitating tumultuous waters, majesty, chaos, and an encounter with the aforementioned Leviathan itself. The second movement, The Fossil Finder, explores themes of excavation, research, and course charting. The third movement, Eventide, reflects upon narratives of exploration, maiden voyage, expanding horizons, and evening twilight.

Thesis advisor: Susan M. Shell / One does not typically join the name of Thomas Hobbes with God or theology. Yet, much of what Hobbes says within his magnum opus, Leviathan, contains many thoughts and ideas on theology, especially God. By employing close textual analysis of Leviathan, I seek to uncover what Hobbes intends regarding his thoughts on God, and what role God plays, if any, in Hobbes’s political commonwealth. Understanding Hobbes’s thoughts on God contributes to a greater comprehension of what Hobbes intends with his political philosophy as well as his political theology. This thesis contributes to the growing literature of Hobbes’s thoughts on religion and political theology. / Thesis (MA) — Boston College, 2019. / Submitted to: Boston College. Graduate School of Arts and Sciences. / Discipline: Political Science.

102f. / Submitted by Suelen Reis (suziy.ellen@gmail.com) on 2013-04-16T18:10:20Z No. of bitstreams: 1 Dissertacao Jose Oliveiraseg.pdf: 1086859 bytes, checksum: 33b75e312d3bd70020af4c8a00271593 (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Rodrigo Meirelles(rodrigomei@ufba.br) on 2013-05-29T14:42:20Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 Dissertacao Jose Oliveiraseg.pdf: 1086859 bytes, checksum: 33b75e312d3bd70020af4c8a00271593 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2013-05-29T14:42:20Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Dissertacao Jose Oliveiraseg.pdf: 1086859 bytes, checksum: 33b75e312d3bd70020af4c8a00271593 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2009 / Para Thomas Hobbes, a Filosofia é um exercício voltado para a obtenção de conhecimento que permita mudar a vida das pessoas. Averiguar os rudimentos das relações do homem com o corpo natural e do homem com o corpo moral significa, nesta medida, para Hobbes, buscar um projeto cientificista confiável, tendo o homem e o Estado como objetos, identificando-se com o espírito galileano do século 17. Tal projeto, a soma das filosofias natural e moral, foca o movimento quantificável dos corpos, naturais ou políticos. Contudo, Hobbes admite propósitos ou fins como causa da organização da natureza. Esta dissertação trata da relação entre a fundamentação mecanicista e as concessões ao finalismo em Hobbes, com o intuito de compreender como o sistema filosófico do autor permanece coeso. / Salvador

En la tradición filosófica se ha apelado a diversas metáforas para conceptualizar lo político, entre ellas se destacan las que tienen fuentes orgánicas y las que provienen del ámbito de la techné. Nuestra propuesta tematiza la metáfora del autómata en el Leviathan (1651) de Thomas Hobbes mostrando las continuidades y rupturas con respecto a su tradición de pensamiento político. Nuestro objetivo es caracterizar el concepto de Estado hobbesiano a partir de esta fuente metafórica. Enmarcándonos en la teoría de la metáfora lingüística que permite abordar la metáfora conceptual en sus expresiones escritas entendemos que las metáforas proyectan y estructuran conceptos a partir de la transferencia de propiedades y relaciones del dominio sensible (fuente) al astracto (meta). Por ello, analizamos las referencias hobbesianas a la fuente del autómata en tanto permiten construir el concepto de Estado. La hipótesis que guía la presente investigación es que la metáfora del autómata une aspectos de la metáfora orgánica y de la techné. Este trasfondo permite ver rupturas y continuidades con la tradición. Por ello, la tesis se divide en cuatro capítulos: el primero dedicado a la metáfora orgánica, el segundo a la metáfora de la techné, el tercero se concentra en el autómata y el cuarto analiza el vínculo de la metáfora del autómata con las otras fuentes metafóricas. Así, mostramos cómo la metáfora del autómata articula a las demás y resalta tanto los rasgos de unidad, jerarquía, artificialidad, instrumentalidad y previsibilidad del Estado dando cuenta de la articulación entre el todo y las partes de manera orgánica, vital, mecánica y artificial a la vez. / In the philosophical tradition, different metaphors have been used to conceptualize the political sphere, among them it is worth emphasizing those that have organic sources and those that come from the field of techné. This work thematizes the metaphor of the automaton in Thomas Hobbes’s Leviathan (1651), showing the continuities and ruptures with the classical tradition of political thought. The purpose is to characterize the concept of Hobbesian State from this metaphorical source. Framing this work in the linguistic x theory of metaphor that recognize the conceptual metaphor in its written expressions, we understand that metaphors project and structure concepts. Metaphors transfer properties and relationships from a sensitive domain (source) to an astract domain (target). For this reason, we analyze the Hobbesian references to the source of the automaton in order to build the concept of State. The hypothesis is that the automaton metaphor joins aspects of organic and techné metaphors. This framework allows to see ruptures and continuities with tradition. For this reason, the thesis is divided into four chapters: the first dedicated to the organic metaphor, the second to the techné metaphor, the third focuses on the automaton, and the fourth analyzes the connection between the automaton metaphor and other metaphorical sources. In this way, we show that the metaphor of the automaton articulates the others and highlights the features of unity, hierarchy, artificiality, instrumentality and predictability of the State, taking into account the articulation between the whole and the parts in an organic, vital, mechanical and artificial way.