Leviathan

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LEVIATHAN
This Norton Critical Edition of arguably the greatest work of political theory written in the English language contains the bulk of Hobbes's treatise, including all chapters except those which are of interest primarily to professional historical scholars. To make Hobbes's sometimes archaic prose more accessible to students, the editors have included explanatory annotations throughout.
"Backgrounds" includes writings on Hobbes's life as well as selections from his responses to criticism of the book. Also included is a selection of those criticisms and other reactions to the work by Sir Robert Filmer, James Harrington, Bishop Bramhall, Edward Hyde (the earl of Clarendon), Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz, Montesquieu, and Henry Sidgwick.
"Interpretations" collects eight of the most important assessments of Hobbes and Leviathan written in the last forty years, including writings by Leo Strauss, Michael Oakeshott, Johann R Sommerville, Richard Hick, Jean Hampton, David Johnston,... Tovább

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LEVIATHAN
This Norton Critical Edition of arguably the greatest work of political theory written in the English language contains the bulk of Hobbes's treatise, including all chapters except those which are of interest primarily to professional historical scholars. To make Hobbes's sometimes archaic prose more accessible to students, the editors have included explanatory annotations throughout.
"Backgrounds" includes writings on Hobbes's life as well as selections from his responses to criticism of the book. Also included is a selection of those criticisms and other reactions to the work by Sir Robert Filmer, James Harrington, Bishop Bramhall, Edward Hyde (the earl of Clarendon), Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz, Montesquieu, and Henry Sidgwick.
"Interpretations" collects eight of the most important assessments of Hobbes and Leviathan written in the last forty years, including writings by Leo Strauss, Michael Oakeshott, Johann R Sommerville, Richard Hick, Jean Hampton, David Johnston, George Kateb, and Richard E. Flathmari.
This text of Leviathan is based on the 1909 Oxford University Press edition, which in turn was based on one of the most fully corrected copies of the text that was most widely available to readers in the seventeenth century. The editors have also noted variations between this text and other authoritative editions.
A Selected Bibliography, Selected Glossary of terms used repeatedly in Leviathan, and Index of Authorities cited in the work are also included. Vissza