Preface Introduction: the historiographical problem 1. Hobbesian independent 2. Republican independent 3. Surreptitious naturalism: the invention of a new rhetoric 4. 'Mahometan christianity': Stubbe's secular historicism 5. Aristotle on the ale-benches 6. Court pen: 'ancient prudence' and royal policy 7. Court to country 8. Civil religion and radical politics: Stubbe to Toland Epilogue Notes Bibliographical note Index.
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