ABSTRACT
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.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
chapter |30 pages
Introduction
part |45 pages
Part I
chapter |23 pages
Hobbes, Lucianic Humour and the Philosophic Persona
chapter |21 pages
Hoisting Hobbes on the Satiric Petard
part |81 pages
Part II