Leviathan. Parts I and II

Leviathan. Parts I and II - Broadview Editions

Revised Edition

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Publisher's Synopsis

Thomas Hobbes's Leviathan is the greatest work of political philosophy in English and the first great work of philosophy in English. Beginning with premises that were sometimes controversial, such as that every human action is caused by the agent's desire for his own good, Hobbes derived shocking conclusions, such as that the civil government enjoys absolute control over its citizens and that the sovereign has the right to determine which religion is to be practiced in a commonwealth. Hobbes's contemporaries recognized the power of arguments in Leviathan and many of them wrote responses to it; selections by John Bramhall, Robert Filmer, Edward Hyde, George Lawson, William Lucy, Samuel Pufendorf, and Thomas Tenison are included in this edition.

This revised Broadview Edition of Hobbes's classic work of political philosophy includes the full text of Part I (Of Man), Part II (Of Commonwealth), and the Review and Conclusion. The appendices, which set the work in its historical context, include a rich selection of contemporary responses to Leviathan. Also included are an introduction, explanatory notes, and a chronology of Hobbes's life.

Book information

ISBN: 9781554810406
Publisher: Broadview Press
Imprint: Broadview Press
Pub date:
Edition: Revised Edition
DEWEY: 320.1
DEWEY edition: 22
Language: English
Number of pages: 427
Weight: 482g
Height: 216mm
Width: 140mm
Spine width: 23mm