Leviathan: Parts I and II / Edition 1

by Thomas Hobbes

Overview

This 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.
Please note that the Broadview Edition of the complete Leviathan also remains available

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Product Details

ISBN-13:	2901551117507
Publisher:	Broadview Press
Publication date:	04/14/2005
Series:	Broadview Editions Series
Edition description:	Older Edition
Pages:	378
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 1.25(h) x 9.00(d)

About the Author

A.P. Martinich is Roy Allison Vaughan Centennial Professor of Philosophy, and Professor of History and Government at the University of Texas at Austin; his many works include Hobbes: A Biography (Cambridge University Press, 1999), Thomas Hobbes: Perspectives on British History (Macmillan, 1997), and A Hobbes Dictionary (Blackwell, 1995).

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments
Introduction
Thomas Hobbes: A Brief Chronology
A Note on the Text
Leviathan, Parts I and II
Appendix A: From Robert Filmer, Observations Concerning the Original of Government, Upon Mr Hobbes’s ‘Leviathan,’ Mr Milton against Salmasius, H. Grotius ‘De Jure Belli’
Appendix B: From George Lawson, An Examination of the Political Part of Mr Hobbs His Leviathan
Appendix C: From John Bramhall, The Catching of Leviathan, or the Great Whale
Appendix D: From William Lucy, Observations, Censures and Confutations of Notorious Errours in Mr. Hobbes His Leviathan
Appendix E: From Thomas Tenison, The Creed of Mr. Hobbes Examined in a Feigned Conference between Him and a Student in Divinity
Appendix F: From Samuel Pufendorf, Of the Law of Nature and of Nations, in Eight Books
Appendix G: From Edward Hyde, A Brief View and Survey of Mr. Hobbes His Leviathan
Index

Editorial Reviews

"Internationally renowned Hobbes scholar A.P. Martinich has produced the definitive version of Leviathan for student use. Handsomely turned out by Broadview Press, this edition features a highly informative introduction, a brief chronology of Hobbes's life, as well as some useful notes on the text itself. Of special value are seven appendices drawn from the writings of contemporary critics of Hobbes's thought, including Filmer, Lawson, Bramhall, Hyde and others. Martinich has made a difficult but essential text as accessible to students as it is likely ever to become."

George Wright University of Wisconsin

"This very readable edition of Hobbes's Leviathan is an excellent resource for students of political philosophy and its history. The collection of published responses to Leviathan by some of Hobbes's most prominent contemporaries provides insight into the historical context in which he was writing, and philosophically challenging commentary on this great work of political philosophy."

Thomas Christiano University of Arizona