Squaring the Circle: The War between Hobbes and Wallis - Science and Its Conceptual Foundations series - Douglas M. Jesseph - Books - The University of Chicago Press - 9780226398990 - 2000
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Squaring the Circle: The War between Hobbes and Wallis - Science and Its Conceptual Foundations series 1st edition


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This text presents an account of the argument between Thomas Hobbes and John Wallis, from the core mathematics to the broader issues. Their "battle of the books" illuminates the relationship between science and 17th-century debates over the limits of sovereign power and the existence of God.


433 pages

Media Books     Hardcover Book   (Book with hard spine and cover)
Released 2000
ISBN13 9780226398990
Publishers The University of Chicago Press
Pages 433
Dimensions 162 × 240 × 29 mm   ·   788 g
Language English  

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