Thomas Hobbes

Written during the English Civil War (1642–1651), Leviathan argues for a social contract and rule by an absolute sovereign. Hobbes wrote that civil war and the brute situation of a state of nature ("the war of all against all") could only be avoided by strong, undivided government. After lengthy discussion with Thomas Hobbes, the Parisian Abraham Bosse created the etching for the book's famous frontispiece in the géometrique style which Bosse himself had refined. It is similar in organisation to the frontispiece of Hobbes' De Cive (1642), created by Jean Matheus. The frontispiece has two main elements, of which the upper part is by far the more striking.In it, a giant crowned figure is seen emerging from the landscape, clutching a sword and a crosier, beneath a quote from the Book of Job—"Non est potestas Super Terram quae Comparetur ei. Iob. 41 . 24" ("There is no power on earth to be compared to him. Job 41 . 24")—linking the figure to the monster of that book. (Due to disagreements over the precise location of the chapters and verses when they were divided in the Late Middle Ages, the verse Hobbes quotes is usually given as Job 41:33 in modern Christian translations into English, Job 41:25 in the Masoretic text, Septuagint, and the Luther Bible; it is Iob 41:24 in the Vulgate.) The torso and arms of the figure are composed of over three hundred persons, in the style of Giuseppe Arcimboldo; all are facing inwards with just the giant's head having visible features. (A manuscript of Leviathan created for Charles II in 1651 has notable differences – a different main head but significantly the body is also composed of many faces, all looking outwards from the body and with a range of expressions.)The lower portion is a triptych, framed in a wooden border. The centre form contains the title on an ornate curtain. The two sides reflect the sword and crosier of the main figure – earthly power on the left and the powers of the church on the right. Each side element reflects the equivalent power – castle to church, crown to mitre, cannon to excommunication, weapons to logic, and the battlefield to the religious courts. The giant holds the symbols of both sides, reflecting the union of secular, and spiritual in the sovereign, but the construction of the torso also makes the figure the state.

Thomas Hobbes (1588-1679) is one of the most important figures in the history of European thought. Although interest in his life and work has grown enormously in recent years, this is the first complete edition of his correspondence. The texts of the letters are richly supplemented with explanatory notes and full biographical and bibliographical information. This landmark publication sheds new light in abundance on the intellectual life of a major thinker.

Thomas Hobbes (1588-1679) is one of the most important figures in the history of European thought. Although interest in his life and work has grown enormously in recent years, this is the first complete edition of his correspondence. The texts of the letters are richly supplemented with explanatory notes and full biographical and bibliographical information. This landmark publication sheds new light on the intellectual life of a major thinker.

De Cive (On the Citizen) is the first full exposition of the political thought of Thomas Hobbes, the greatest English political philosopher of all time. Professors Tuck and Silverthorne have undertaken the first complete translation since 1651, a rendition long thought (in error) to be at least sanctioned by Hobbes himself. On the Citizen is written in a clear, straightforward, expository style, offering students a more digestible account of Hobbes' political thought than even Leviathan itself. This new translation is itself a very significant scholarly event.

Thomas Hobbes' timeless account of the human condition, first developed in The Elements of Law (1640), which comprises Human Nature and De Corpore Politico, is a direct product of the intellectual and political strife of the seventeenth century. His analysis of the war between the individual and the group lays out the essential strands of his moral and political philosophy later made famous in Leviathan. This first ever complete paperback edition of Human Nature and De Corpore Politico is also supplemented by chapters from Hobbes' later work De Corpore and The Three Lives, never before published together in English.

The founding father of modern political philosophy, Thomas Hobbes, living in an era of horrific violence, saw human life as meaningless and cruel; here, he argues the only way to escape this brutality is for all to accept a 'social contract' that acknowledges the greater authority of a Sovereign leader.

English, Latin (translation)

Leviatán Hobbes, tomo 1 de 2. Grandes Obras del Pensamiento.Incluye parte primera: Del hombre y parte segunda: De la República

Behemoth: the history of the causes of the civil wars of England, and of the counsels and artifices by which they were carried on from the year 1640 to the year 1660 is essential to any reader interested in the historical context of the thought of Thomas Hobbes (1588-1679). In De Cive (1642) and Leviathan (1651), the great political philosopher had developed an analytical framework for discussing sedition, rebellion, and the breakdown of authority. Behemoth, completed around 1668 and not published until after Hobbes's death, represents the systematic application of this framework to the English Civil War. In his insightful and substantial Introduction, Stephen Holmes examines the major themes and implications of Behemoth in Hobbes's system of thought. Holmes notes that a fresh consideration of Behemoth dispels persistent misreadings of Hobbes, including the idea that man is motivated solely by a desire for self-preservation. Behemoth, which is cast as a series of dialogues between a teacher and his pupil, locates the principal cause of the Civil War less in economic interests than in the stubborn irrationality of key actors. It also shows more vividly than any of Hobbes's other works the importance of religion in his theories of human nature and behavior. "The placing of Hobbes's political thought in its historical context--and specifically, viewing it as a direct response to and interpretation of the English Civil War--necessarily has the consequence of increasing the value of Behemoth, Hobbes's own analysis of that event. Students (and scholars) who wish to know not only how the Civil War shaped Hobbes's political thinking but also why it retained its central place in his thought nearly twenty years after he wrote Leviathan will have to turn to Behemoth for the answers." -- Richard Ashcraft

This little-known late writing of Hobbes reveals an unexplored dimension of his famous doctrine of sovereignty. The essay was first published posthumously in 1681, and from 1840 to 1971 only a generally unreliable edition has been in print. This edition provides the first dependable and easily accessible text of Hobbes's Dialogue. In the Dialogue, Hobbes sets forth his mature reflections of the relation between reason and law, reflections more "liberal" than those found in Leviathan and his other well-known writings. Hobbes proposes a separation of the functions of government in the interest of common sense and humaneness without visibly violating his dictum that the sharing or division of sovereignty is an absurdity. This new edition of the Dialogue is a significant contribution to our understanding of seventeenth-century political philosophy."Hobbes students are indebted to Professor Cropsey for this scholarly and accessible edition of Dialogue. "—J. Roland Pennock, American Political Science Review"An invaluable aid to the study of Hobbes."— Review of Metaphysics

This collection gathers together the works by Thomas Hobbes in a single, convenient, high quality, and extremely low priced Kindle volume!LeviathanA Dialogue Between A Philosopher & A Student Of The Common Laws Of England.Behemoth: The History Of The Causes Of The Civil Wars Of England, And Of The Counsels And Artifices By Which They Were Carried On From The Year 1640 To The Year 1660The Art Of Rhetoric and The Art Of SophistryThe Iliad (As a Translator)The Odyssey (As a Translator)ABOUT THE AUTHOR:Thomas Hobbes of Malmesbury, in some older texts Thomas Hobbs of Malmsbury, was an English philosopher, best known today for his work on political philosophy. His 1651 book Leviathan established the foundation for most of Western political philosophy from the perspective of social contract theory.Hobbes was a champion of absolutism for the sovereign but he also developed some of the fundamentals of European liberal thought: the right of the individual; the natural equality of all men; the artificial character of the political order (which led to the later distinction between civil society and the state); the view that all legitimate political power must be "representative" and based on the consent of the people; and a liberal interpretation of law which leaves people free to do whatever the law does not explicitly forbid.He was one of the founders of modern political philosophy. His understanding of humans as being matter and motion, obeying the same physical laws as other matter and motion, remains influential; and his account of human nature as self-interested cooperation, and of political communities as being based upon a "social contract" remains one of the major topics of political philosophy.In addition to political philosophy, Hobbes also contributed to a diverse array of other fields, including history, geometry, the physics of gases, theology, ethics, and general philosophy.

Leviatán Hobbes, tomo 2 de 2. Grandes Obras del Pensamiento.Incluye parte tercera: De una república cristiana y parte cuarta: Del reino de las tinieblas.

Edited by William Molesworth. This Elibron Classics book is a facsimile reprint of a 1844 edition by Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, London.

Thomas Hobbes was an English philosopher, best known today for his work on political philosophy. His 1651 book Leviathan established social contract theory, the foundation of most later Western political philosophy.Leviathan was written by Hobbes in 1651 concerns the structure of society and legitimate government, and is regarded as one of the earliest and most influential examples of social contract theory and ranks as a classic western work on statecraft. The book derives its name from the biblical LeviathanBehemoth was written in 1668 as a follow-up to Leviathan. Leviathan is a representation of an ideal political world, and Behemoth has been considered to be a contrasting treatise on what happens when the very worst abuses of government come to pass. Hobbes applied his understanding of the science of human nature to explain why the English Civil War came to pass.The Elements of Law was published in 1650. It is divided into two separate small volumes (Human Nature, or the Fundamental Elements of Policie and De corpore politico, or the Elements of Law, Moral and Politick).De Cive ("On the citizen") is one of Hobbes' major works. The book was published originally in Latin from Paris in 1642. The English translation of the work made its first appearance four years later (London 1651) under the title 'Philosophicall rudiments concerning government and society'. It anticipates themes of the better-known Leviathan. The famous phrase bellum omnium contra omnes ("war of all against all") appeared first in De Cive.

The book has an active table of contents for easy access to each chapter. Thomas Hobbes is a great English philosopher and one of the founders of the modern system of political philosophy. He is in the row with the greatest thinkers as Isaac Newton, John Locke, Immanuel Kant, Francis Bacon, and Jean Rousseau. Their collected thoughts has had strong influence on building the foundation of the United States and its endeavor of open society. In 1646, Hobbes completed and published his OF LIBERTY AND NECESSITY. It is regarded as one of great and well received works written by Thomas Hobbes. Hobbes’s view of free will in this book made him a rather notorious figure. Samuel Pepys, an English naval administrator and Member of Parliament under King Charles II, said “lay long reading Hobbs his OF LIBERTY AND NECESSITY, and a little but very shrewd piece, and so to sleep.” Hobbes discussed the relations between will and actions in the book. He further argued that actions and people could be free if they did not face external impediments to do what they would like to do. His conclusion was that the actions were caused by what we wanted but we did not generally control what we wanted. Thomas Hobbes expressed the last words with a great pride and optimism to our future "A great leap in the dark" in his final moments of life. He is forever remembered as essential enabler, reformer, and contributor for that great leap in the dark. His work has produced great influence on modern political philosophy. His view became widely recognised as the foremost philosophical voice and his influence has been felt in nearly every field of the humanities and social sciences. This book is one of the most important ones about political philosophy and power of will and actions by Thomas Hobbes, one of the greatest thinkers of modern philosophy on the planet.

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Do human beings ever act freely, and if so what does freedom mean? Is everything that happens antecedently caused, and if so how is freedom possible? Is it right, even for God, to punish people for things they cannot help doing? This volume presents the famous seventeenth-century controversy in which Thomas Hobbes and John Bramhall debate these questions and others. The complete texts of their initial contributions to the debate are included, together with selections from their subsequent replies to one another and from other works of Hobbes.

• Two of Hobbes' most notable works Leviathan (1651) and The Citizen (English translation published 1651) are bound together in this edition.Leviathan: Leviathan — or The Matter, Forme and Power of a Common Wealth Ecclesiasticall and Civil — was written by Thomas Hobbes (1588–1679) and published in 1651. The work concerns the structure of society and legitimate government, and is regarded as one of the earliest and most influential examples of social contract theory. De Cive (The Citizen)One of Thomas Hobbes' major works, De Cive was first written in Latin and published in Paris in 1642. The book made its debut in London, England in 1651 under the title 'Philosophical rudiments concerning government and society'.It is made up of three parts: Libertas (liberty), Imperium (dominion), and Religio (religion). Hobbes first describes man’s natural condition, then the necessity of establishing a stable government and in the third part, Hobbes writes about religion.

The book has an active table of contents for easy access to each chapter.Thomas Hobbes is a great English philosopher and one of the founders of the modern system of political philosophy. He is in the row with the greatest thinkers as Isaac Newton, John Locke, Immanuel Kant, Francis Bacon, and Jean Rousseau. Their collected thoughts has had strong influence on building the foundation of the United States and its endeavor of open society.The Hobbes–Wallis controversy was a debate between the philosopher Thomas Hobbes and the mathematician John Wallis and it lasted from 1650 to 1670. The debate was caused by DE CORPORE, a philosophical work by Hobbes in the general area of physics.Wallis published ELENCHUS GEOMETRIAE HOBBIANAE in 1655 to argue that Hobbes in DE CORPORE attempted to limit his interest to geometry by restricting the scope of mathematics.In response to Wallis’s criticism, Thomas Hobbes published SIX LESSONS TO THE PROFESSORS OF MATHEMATICS in 1656. Hobbes responded with Marks of the Absurd Geometry, Rural Language, Scottish Church Politics, and Barbarisms of John Wallis, Professor of Geometry and Doctor of Divinity. The book is a major and important work by Hobbes and a great treatise on the deepest thought of natural philosophy that is based on natural law.Thomas Hobbes expressed the last words with a great pride and optimism to our future "A great leap in the dark" in his final moments of life. He is forever remembered as essential enabler, reformer, and contributor for that great leap in the dark. His work has produced great influence on modern political philosophy. His view became widely recognised as the foremost philosophical voice and his influence has been felt in nearly every field of the humanities and social sciences.This book is one of the most important ones about natural philosophy by Thomas Hobbes, one of the greatest thinkers of modern philosophy on the planet.

Comment accorder la multitude et sortir de l'état de "guerre de tous contre tous" ? Par quels moyens des individus aux profils et aux désirs variés - pour ne pas dire rivaux - peuvent-ils vivre ensemble et vivre bien ? Au lendemain d'une guerre civile qui a déchiré l'Angleterre, le Léviathan (1651) offre une réponse novatrice et déroutante pour ses contemporains : il revient aux particuliers de conclure un pacte fondateur, qui confère au souverain l'autorité de les représenter absolument et de faire la loi en leur nom.Par la puissance et la cohérence de son raisonnement, le Léviathan a redéfini les droits et les devoirs des souverains et des citoyens. Revenir à lui aujourd'hui, c'est éclairer nos propres conditions de pensée et de pratique politique.Cette édition regroupe les chapitres X à XVI (De l'homme), consacrés à la problématique morale, ainsi que les chapitres XVII, XVIII et XXI (De la République), dédiés au pouvoir politique et à la liberté des sujets.Dossier : Petit précis de philosophie politique : Aristote, Locke, Rousseau, Hannah Arendt, Pierre Clastres, Pierre Manent.

Dans Folioplus philosophie, le texte philosophique, associé à une oeuvre d'art qui l'éclaire et le questionne, est suivi d'un dossier organisé en six points : - Les mots du texte : Matière, guerre, nature, Léviathan - L'oeuvre dans l'histoire des idées : Faire de la politique une science - La figure du philosophe : Philosopher en des temps tumultueux - Trois questions posées au texte : Quelle est la condition naturelle des hommes ? Comment sortir de la guerre de tous contre tous ? Qu'est-ce que l'État ? -Groupement de textes : Le désir d'État - Prolongements

The book has an active table of contents for easy access to each chapter. Thomas Hobbes is a great English philosopher and one of the founders of the modern system of political philosophy. He is in the row with the greatest thinkers as Isaac Newton, John Locke, Immanuel Kant, Francis Bacon, and Jean Rousseau. Their collected thoughts has had strong influence on building the foundation of the United States and its endeavor of open society.In CONSIDERATIONS UPON THE REPUTATION, LOYALTY, MANNERS, AND RELIGION OF THOMAS HOBBES, Thomas Hobbes presented reflection of his views of reputation, loyalty, manners, and religion from a perspective of natural philosophy, Moral, and Civil. Thomas Hobbes expressed the last words with a great pride and optimism to our future "A great leap in the dark" in his final moments of life. He is forever remembered as essential enabler, reformer, and contributor for that great leap in the dark. His work has produced great influence on modern political philosophy. His view became widely recognised as the foremost philosophical voice and his influence has been felt in nearly every field of the humanities and social sciences. This book is one of the most important ones about natural philosophy, political philosophy, and Moral, and Civil by Thomas Hobbes, one of the greatest thinkers of modern philosophy on the planet.

The book has an active table of contents for easy access to each chapter.Thomas Hobbes is a great English philosopher and one of the founders of the modern system of political philosophy. He is in the row with the greatest thinkers as Isaac Newton, John Locke, Immanuel Kant, Francis Bacon, and Jean Rousseau. Their collected thoughts has had strong influence on building the foundation of the United States and its endeavor of open society.In 1656, Hobbes completed and published his THE QUESTIONS CONCERNING LIBERTY, NECESSITY, AND CHANCE. In this book, Hobbes replied to John Bramhall's DEFENCE OF TRUE LIBERTY FROM ANTECEDENT AND EXTRINSECAL NECESSITY. He claimed to be a true Protestant in contrast with Bramhall supporting the Roman Catholic position. Hobbes argued that a man did not have the power to choose to will; that chance produced nothing; that every event had a cause; that every cause was necessary; and that God was the cause of everything. In contrast to Hobbes’s view, Bramhall argued that God was not the cause of human actions.It is regarded as that the consequences of this dispute between Thomas Hobbes and John Bramhall were not purely theological since Hobbes were the followers of Archbishop William Laud and he offended the Presbyterians and Independents. Hobbes’s view in this book helped to cause the English Civil Wars.Thomas Hobbes expressed the last words with a great pride and optimism to our future "A great leap in the dark" in his final moments of life. He is forever remembered as essential enabler, reformer, and contributor for that great leap in the dark. His work has produced great influence on modern political philosophy. His view became widely recognised as the foremost philosophical voice and his influence has been felt in nearly every field of the humanities and social sciences.This book is one of the most important ones about early thoughts of natural philosophy, political philosophy, and religious by Thomas Hobbes, one of the greatest thinkers of modern philosophy on the planet.

This volume in the Clarendon Edition of the Works of Thomas Hobbes containsA dialogue between a philosopher and a student, of the common laws of England, edited by Alan Cromartie, supplemented by the important fragment "Questions relative to Hereditary Right," discovered and edited by Quentin Skinner. As a critique of common law by a great philosopher, theDialogueshould be essential reading for anybody interested in English political thought or legal theory. Cromartie has established when and why the work was written and has supplied extensive annotation (along with a substantial introduction) to make the work accessible to the non-specialist reader. The additional piece sees Hobbes mounting a robust defense of hereditary right, in the course of which he also makes some important general observations about the concept of a right. It is also of special interest as it constitutes Hobbes's last word on politics.

The Treatise On Human Nature And That On Liberty And With A Supplement (1812) is a philosophical work by the renowned English philosopher Thomas Hobbes. The book is divided into two the first part focuses on human nature, while the second part deals with the concepts of liberty and necessity.In the first part of the book, Hobbes explores the nature of human beings and their behavior. He argues that human beings are fundamentally self-interested and motivated by a desire for power and security. Hobbes also discusses the role of reason and the importance of social contracts in regulating human behavior.The second part of the book deals with the concepts of liberty and necessity. Hobbes argues that human beings are not truly free, but are instead subject to the laws of nature and the constraints of society. He also explores the relationship between free will and determinism, arguing that human actions are ultimately determined by external factors.The book includes a supplement that provides additional commentary and analysis on Hobbes' ideas. Overall, The Treatise On Human Nature And That On Liberty And Necessity is a thought-provoking work that challenges readers to consider the nature of human behavior and the limits of human freedom.To Which Is Prefixed An Account Of His Life And Writings.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.

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(This is part 2 of a 2 part audiobook cassette edition.) The leviathan is the vast unity of the State. But how are unity, peace, and security to be attained? Hobbes' answer is sovereignty, but the resurgence of interest today in ''Leviathan'' is due less to its answers than its methods: Hobbes sees politics as a science capable of the same axiomatic approach as geometry. Written during the turmoil of the English Civil War, ''Leviathan'' was, in Hobbes' lifetime, publicly burnt and even condemned in Parliament as one of the causes of the Great Fire of London in 1666. Its current appeal lies not just in its elevation of politics to a science, but in its overriding concern for peace, its systematic analysis of power, and its convincing apologia for the then-emergent market society in which we still live.

The complete texts of Elements of Law (divided into three parts, the Little Treatise, Human Nature, and De Corpore Politico), Of Liberty and Necessity, Dialogue Between a Philosopher and a Student of the Common Laws of England, and chapters one through six of De Corpore (the first section of Elements of Philosophy).Body, Man, and Citizen is a selection of the works of Thomas Hobbes which reveals the very heart of his philosophic conceptions: his theory of motion; his concept of man and state as machines--the one natural, the other artificial; his attacks upon what he considered to be restraint of the mind by theological absurdities; his pessimistic view of human nature and his belief that strong governmental powers were absolutely necessary to control the avarice of private interests.

Edited by William Molesworth. This Elibron Classics book is a facsimile reprint of a 1839 edition by John Bohn, London.