 | Skepticism and Political Thought in the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries Subjects: Skepticism -- Political aspects -- History -- 17th century; Skepticism -- Political aspects -- History -- 18th century; Sextus Empiricus; Skeptics (Greek philosophy); Surveying the use of skepticism in works by Hobbes, Descartes, Hume, Smith, and Kant, among others, these essays demonstrate the pervasive impact of skepticism on the intellectual landscape of early modern Europe. Laursen John Christian : John Christian Laursen is Professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of California, Riverside. Gianni Paganini is Professor in the Dipartimento Studi Umanistici at Università del Piemonte Orientale. |
