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A letter on the principles of justness and decency : containing a defence of the treatise De cive of the learned Mr. Hobbes

Title
A letter on the principles of justness and decency : containing a defence of the treatise De cive of the learned Mr. Hobbes / Lambert van Velthuysen ; edited and translated by Malcolm de Mowbray ; with an introduction by Catherine Secretan.
Author
Velthuysen, Lambert van, 1622-1685.
Publication
Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2013.

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Additional Authors
  • De Mowbray, Malcolm
  • Secretan, Catherine
Description
xix, 293 pages; 25 cm
Summary
"Although little known today, the Utrecht physician and town councillor Lambert van Velthuysen (1622-1685) was a prolific Dutch seventeenth-century philosopher and a vociferous advocate of the new philosophies of Descartes and Hobbes. The Letter on the Principles of Justness and Decency of 1651 constitutes both the first published reaction to Hobbes's political philosophy and the first attempt by a Dutch philosopher at using Hobbes to supply a 'Cartesian' moral philosophy. It is also a highly original work that seeks to define the nature of virtue and vice and to justify the magistrate's right to punish crimes. It will thus be of interest not only to historians of philosophy but to all those interested in the social and cultural history of the Dutch Golden Age."--Publisher's website.
Series Statement
  • Brill's studies in intellectual history, 0920-8607 ; v. 218
  • Brill's texts and sources in intellectual history ; v. 13
Uniform Title
  • Brill's studies in intellectual history ; v. 218.
  • Brill's studies in intellectual history. Brill's texts and sources in intellectual history ; v. 13.
Subject
  • Political science > Early works to 1800
  • Virtue
  • Vice
  • Justice
  • Political science
  • Politisk filosofi
  • Rättvisa
  • Dygd
Genre/Form
Early works.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 281-288) and index.
Language (note)
  • Text in English and Latin.
Contents
Introduction -- A Letter on the Principles of Justness and Decency -- Preface to the Reader -- On the Principles of Justness and Decency -- A Demonstration from Holy Scripture -- Epistolica dissertatio de principiis justi et decori -- Praefatio ad Lectorem -- De principiis justi et decori -- Probatio quaestionum quarundam ex Scriptura sacra.
Call Number
JFE 16-2819
ISBN
  • 9789004225657
  • 900422565X
  • 9789004244498 (canceled/invalid)
LCCN
2012041330
OCLC
820787129
Author
Velthuysen, Lambert van, 1622-1685.
Title
A letter on the principles of justness and decency : containing a defence of the treatise De cive of the learned Mr. Hobbes / Lambert van Velthuysen ; edited and translated by Malcolm de Mowbray ; with an introduction by Catherine Secretan.
Publisher
Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2013.
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Series
Brill's studies in intellectual history, 0920-8607 ; v. 218
Brill's texts and sources in intellectual history ; v. 13
Brill's studies in intellectual history ; v. 218.
Brill's studies in intellectual history. Brill's texts and sources in intellectual history ; v. 13.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 281-288) and index.
Language
Text in English and Latin.
Added Author
De Mowbray, Malcolm.
Secretan, Catherine.
Velthuysen, Lambert van, 1622-1685. Epistolica dissertatio de principiis justi et decori.
Velthuysen, Lambert van, 1622-1685. Epistolica dissertatio de principiis justi et decori. English.
Research Call Number
JFE 16-2819
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