The elements of law, naturall and politique:

"Hobbes's Elements of Law was written in 1640, on the eve of the English Civil War. It circulated in manuscript, and eleven manuscripts now survive. Two of them contain a substantial amount of material in Hobbes's own handwriting. Soon after writing it, Hobbes fled to France, while in...

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1. Verfasser: Hobbes, Thomas 1588-1679 (VerfasserIn)
Weitere Verfasser: Sommerville, Johann P. 1953- (HerausgeberIn)
Format: Buch
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Oxford Clarendon Press [2024]
Schriftenreihe:The Clarendon edition of the works of Thomas Hobbes volume 1
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Zusammenfassung:"Hobbes's Elements of Law was written in 1640, on the eve of the English Civil War. It circulated in manuscript, and eleven manuscripts now survive. Two of them contain a substantial amount of material in Hobbes's own handwriting. Soon after writing it, Hobbes fled to France, while in England civil war broke out over many of the issues discussed by Hobbes in this book. In France, he wrote a Latin version of his political theory (De Cive, on the Citizen), and then the English Leviathan, of which a Latin revision followed and in which he greatly expanded what he had to say about religion and church-state relations. The Elements of Law presents a complete but succinct version of Hobbes's political theory and of his more general philosophy. It analyses the nature of knowledge and science, discusses psychology and human nature, surveys the rights and duties of individuals, and argues for the need of states to be governed by sovereign authority. It discusses the relationship between politics and religion, and the extent and limitations of political power. It is 'a work of extraordinary assurance, an almost fully fledged statement of Hobbes's entire political philosophy' (Noel Malcolm). This edition is intended to replace the one edited by Ferdinand Tönnies (1889), from which that of J.C.A. Gaskin (Oxford World's Classics, 1994) derives. It establishes a more accurate text based on all the eleven known manuscripts, and includes much material omtted by Tönnies (who know of only six manuscripts). It draws extensively on modern scholarship on Hobbes and his contexts."
Beschreibung:vii, 318 Seiten
ISBN:9780199586257

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