Thomas Hobbes: Behemoth Paperback / softback
Edited by Paul (Director, History of Parliament) Seaward
Part of the Clarendon Edition of the Works of Thomas Hobbes series
Paperback / softback
Description
Behemoth is Thomas Hobbes's narrative of the English Civil Wars from the beginning of the Scottish revolution in 1637 to the Restoration of the Monarchy in 1660, and is his only composition to address directly the history of the events which formed the context of his writings in Leviathan and elsewhere on sovereignty and the government of the Church.
Although presented as an account of past events, it conceals a vigorous attack on the values of the religious and political establishment of Restoration England.
This is the first fully scholarly edition of the work, and the first new edition of the text since 1889.
Based on Hobbes's own presentation manuscript, it includes for the first time an accurate transcription of the passages which Hobbes had deleted in the text, and notes made by early readers.
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Out of stock
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:448 pages
- Publisher:Oxford University Press
- Publication Date:13/02/2014
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- ISBN:9780198701651
Information
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Out of stock
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:448 pages
- Publisher:Oxford University Press
- Publication Date:13/02/2014
- Category:
- ISBN:9780198701651
