Mortal Gods

Mortal Gods, volume 1, is a scholarly examination of Thomas Hobbes and his intellectual evolution. Ted H Miller challenges the traditional narrative that Hobbes transitioned from humanism to a scientific approach to politics upon discovering geometry. Instead, this work of philosophy and history argues that Hobbes remained a humanist throughout his career, integrating mathematical learning into a humanist framework.

This volume of political theory recontextualizes Hobbes within the court culture of the Stuart regimes and early modern humanist pedagogy. By rejecting the dichotomy between mathematics and humanism, Mortal Gods offers a new perspective on the relationship between rationality, violence, and politics. This study provides a fundamental recasting of Hobbes's project for readers interested in modern history and philosophical movements.