The seventeenth century English philosopher Thomas Hobbes is best known for his political philosophy, as revealed in his magnum opus ‘Leviathan’ (1651). Hobbes regarded government primarily as a device for ensuring collective security. He argued that political authority is justified by a hypothetical social contract among the many, giving a sovereign person the responsibility for the safety and well-being of all. Hobbes also contributed to a diverse array of other fields, including history, jurisprudence, geometry, the physics of gases, theology, ethics and general philosophy. However, his enduring contribution was as a political philosopher, who justified wide-ranging government powers on the basis of the self-interested consent of citizens. This comprehensive eBook presents Hobbes’ collected (almost complete) works, with numerous illustrations, rare texts, informative introductions and the usual Delphi bonus material. (Version 1)

* Beautifully illustrated with images relating to Hobbes’ life and works

* Concise introductions to the major works

* Features rare treatises appearing for the first time in digital publishing

* Images of how the books were first published, giving your eReader a taste of the original texts

* Excellent formatting of the texts

* Two texts of ‘Leviathan’: the first edition text and Molesworth’s seminal 1839 edition

* Includes Hobbes’ rare poetry available in no other collection

* Features the translations, including the celebrated complete translation of Thucydides

* Hobbes’ scarce autobiographical work

* Features two biographies discover Hobbes’ intriguing life

* Scholarly ordering of texts into chronological order and genres

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CONTENTS:

The Books

Elements of Law, Natural and Politic

Of Liberty and Necessity

Answer to Sir William Davenant’s Preface before Gondibert

De Cive

Leviathan

De Corpore

Six Lessons to the Professor of Mathematics

Seven Philosophical Problems

A Dialogue between a Philosopher and a Student of the Common Laws of England

An Answer to a Book Published by Dr. Bramhall, Late Bishop of Derry

Three Papers Presented to the Royal Society Against Dr. Wallis

Ten Dialogues of Natural Philosophy

An Historical Narration concerning Hersey and the Punishment Thereof

Behemoth

The Translations

Eight Books of the Peloponnesian War

The Whole Art of Rhetoric

Translation of Homer’s ‘Iliad’

Translation of Homer’s ‘Odyssey’

The Poetry

De Mirabilis Pecci, Being the Wonders of the Peak in Darby-shire

The Life of Mr. Thomas Hobbes of Malmesbury

Historia Ecclesiastica Carmine Elegiaco Concinnata

The Autobiography

Considerations upon the Reputation, Loyalty, Manners and Religion of Thomas Hobbes of Malmsbury

The Biographies

Thomas Hobbes by George Croom Robertson

Thomas Hobbes by Leslie Stephen

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