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Thomas Hobbes and the Duke of Newcastle: A Study in the Mutuality of Patronage before the Establishment of the Royal Society

Creator:

Sarasohn, Lisa T.

Abstract:

This study shows how patronage framed and fashioned the careers of Thomas Hobbes and his patron William Cavendish, the earl of Newcastle. Newcastle's protection allowed Hobbes to articulate heterodox ideas without immediate fear of reprisal. It also enabled him to solidify his status as a gentleman and the intellectual equal...

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Article

Full Text:

without compulsion: Hobbes, Leviathan, ed. Richard Tuck (Cambridge: Cambridge Univ. Press, 1991), pp. 62