1. WERNHAM, Archibald Garden (1916-89).
- Author
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Piercey, Robert
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ENCYCLOPEDIAS & dictionaries ,PHILOSOPHERS ,POLITICAL philosophy - Abstract
An encyclopedia entry for Scottish philosopher Archibald Garden Wernham is presented. He was born in Kirkcaldy, Scotland, in 1916 and died in Aberdeen on May 7, 1989. Wernham was regarded as a Spinoza scholar with a special interest in political philosophy. He is popular as the editor and translator of the first comprehensive English edition of the political writings of Spinoza. He viewed the political philosophy of Spinoza as the product of critical reflection on Hobbes's theory.
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- 2006