Cooper, Julie E.

Secular powers humility in modern political thought / [Texte imprimé] : Julie E. Cooper - Chicago ; London : The University of Chicago Press, 2013 - 1 vol. (X-240 p.) ; 24 cm

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Toward a revised history of modesty and humility -- Modesty: Hobbes on how mere mortals can create a mortal god -- Humility: Spinoza on the joys of finitude -- Self-love: Rousseau on the allure, and the elusiveness of divine self-sufficiency -- Conclusion: a modest tale about theoretical modesty

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Modesty Humility Secularism Philosophy, European Hobbes, Thomas, Spinoza, Benedictus de, Rousseau, Jean-Jacques,

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