Leviathan, Parts I and II - Revised Edition (Broadview Editions) - Softcover

Hobbes, Thomas

Softcover

ISBN 10: 155481040X ISBN 13: 9781554810406

Publisher: Broadview Press, 2010

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.

About this title

Book Description:

Hobbes' Leviathan is arguably the greatest piece of political philosophy written in the English language. Richard Tuck's edition has been recognized as the single most accurate and authoritative text since its publication. This revised edition includes a much-amplified and expanded introduction.

From the Publisher:

Library of Liberal Arts title.

About this edition

• Publisher: Broadview Press
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 155481040X
• ISBN 13: 9781554810406
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 428
• Editor: Martinich A.P., Battiste Brian