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Thomas Hobbes,Thomas Hobbs
Hobbes’ classic work has set the tone for the course of political philosophy through to our own day. This edition includes the full text of the 1651 edition, together with…
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Catlin George Edward Gordon
This book provides an in-depth analysis of Thomas Hobbes's philosophy and political writings. The author argues that Hobbes was not only a philosopher, but also a publicist who played an…
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A collection of essays analyzing the seventeenth-century British political theorist Thomas Hobbes from a feminist perspective.
This collection brings together the rich periodical literature on one of the greatest English philosophers. These definitive essays range across Hobbes’ work in ethics, metaphysics, law, politics, history, science and…
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Thomas Hobbes’ lifework was to develop a scientific philosophy of government. In doing so, he confronted three challenges of his epoch: in terms of method, the ideal of mathematical proof…
Thomas Hobbes in His Time was first published in 1975. Minnesota Archive Editions uses digital technology to make long-unavailable books once again accessible, and are published unaltered from the original…
George Wright
Aims to develop insight into the relation, which Hobbes describes between his theory of government and the three-part division he draws with respect to religion. According to the author, Hobbes…
Timothy Raylor (Professor of English, Professor of English, Carleton College)
Thomas Hobbes claimed to have founded the discipline of civil philosophy. This book offers a new reading of his intellectual development, arguing that he was dubious about the place of…
Kody W. Cooper
Thomas Hobbes and the Natural Law provides a nuanced assessment of Thomas Hobbes’s place in the natural law tradition as a formulator of natural law liberalism.
This collection of essays explores from a variety of perspectives the political theory of Thomas Hobbes, described as one of the greatest English political thinkers. His ideas emerged in a…
Jeremy Kleidosty,Ian Jackson
Published in 1651, Leviathan examines where kings get their authority to rule and what they must, in turn, do for their people. Hobbes argues that kings do not have a…
Stefan Meingast
Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 1999 im Fachbereich Politik - Politische Theorie und Ideengeschichte, Note: 2,3, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitat Munchen, 7 Quellen im Literaturverzeichnis, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Hobbes selbst hat den Ausdruck Anthropologie…
Thomas Hobbes
Tracts of Mr. Thomas Hobbs of Malmsbury is a book written by the famous philosopher, Thomas Hobbes. The book was published in 1682 and consists of a collection of essays…
This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger Publishing’s Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because…
This scarce antiquarian book is included in our special Legacy Reprint Series. In the interest of creating a more extensive selection of rare historical book reprints, we have chosen to…
Arnold a Rogow
Stephen J. Finn
Takes issue with the near-universal tendency of Hobbes scholars to emphasize the influence of Hobbes’s natural philosophy on his political philosophy. This book shows how Hobbes’s political ideas influence his…
This collection brings together major writings by Hobbes in English, including translations of some of his Latin works.
This Is A New Release Of The Original 1845 Edition.
Laurie M. Johnson Bagby
Laurie Johnson Bagby examines the loss of the appreciation for honor in modern Western society through an examination of the political philosophy of English political philosopher Thomas Hobbes. She finds…
Ferdinand Toennies
Thomas Hobbes Leben Und Lehre ist ein unveranderter, hochwertiger Nachdruck der Originalausgabe aus dem Jahr 1896. Hansebooks ist Herausgeber von Literatur zu unterschiedlichen Themengebieten wie Forschung und Wissenschaft, Reisen und…
John T. Harwood
Makes accessible to modern readers the 17th-century rhetorics of Thomas Hob bes (1588-1677) and Bernard Lamy (1640-1715)
Hobbes’ A Briefe of the Art of Rhet orique, the first English translation…
Tamara Milutinovic
Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2014 im Fachbereich Philosophie - Philosophie des 17. und 18. Jahrhunderts, Note: 1,3, Universitat Mannheim, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Heutzutage lasst sich das Staatssystem nicht mehr wegdenken…
G. Slomp
This volume offers solutions to long-standing problems in Hobbes’ political philosophy and shows the consistency of his attempt to derive absolution as the only stable political association. This exercise in…
Hobbes’s philosophical discourse is deconstructed as the interplay of the drama of individual behaviour as perceived by rational agents and the detached analysis of conflict by a political geometer .
Thomas Hobbes’s Leviathan (1651) is one of the most important philosophical texts in the English language, and one of the most influential works of political philosophy ever written. This Introduction…
Thomas A. Spragens, Jr.
Two principal issues interact and overlap in this penetrating analysis: the relationship between Hobbes’ natural philosophy and his civil philosophy, and the relationship between Hobbes’ thought and the Aristotelian world…
Norberto Bobbio
A collection of the essays of Norberto Bobbio on Hobbes’s thought and his place in the theory of modern politics. Tracing Hobbes’s work through De Cive and Leviathan, Bobbio identifies…
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.
This work is in the "public…
Leviathan, written by Thomas Hobbes in 1651, is a political treatise that outlines Hobbes' view of society and the role of government. Hobbes believed that humans were naturally selfish and…
Complete digitally restored reprint (facsimile) of the original edition of 1904 (Cambridge English Classics) with excellent resolution and outstanding readability. Edited by Alfred Rayney Waller (1867-1922).
Complete digitally restored reprint of the edition of 1651 with excellent resolution and outstanding readability. The Layout is +30 % larger as the original.
Thomas Hobbes: Grundzuge der Philosophie. Vom Koerper / Vom Menschen / Vom Burger
Edition Holzinger. Taschenbuch
Berliner Ausgabe, 2017, 4. Auflage
Durchgesehener Neusatz mit einer Biographie des Autors bearbeitet und…
This Is A New Release Of The Original 1905 Edition. As Contained In Twelve Chapters From His Elements Of Philosophy Concerning Body And In Briefer Extracts From His Human Nature…
Les Elements de philosophie de Thomas Hobbes se divisent en trois parties ou sections (De corpore, De homine, De cive) qui ne parurent ni dans l'ordre prevu, ni dans un…
Les Elements du droit naturel et politique sont la premiere oeuvre politique de Hobbes. Ecrits en 1640, ils circulerent en manuscrit, juste avant que Hobbes ne rejoigne la France ou…
