Thomas Hobbes: 61 books

Throughout history, some books have changed the world. They have transformed the way we see ourselves - and each other. They have inspired debate, dissent, war and revolution. They have enlightened, outraged, provoked and comforted. They have enriched lives - and destroyed them. Now Penguin brings...

Nature (the art whereby God hath made and governes the world) is by the art of man, as in many other things, so in this also imitated, that it can make an Artificial Animal. For seeing life is but a motion of Limbs, the begining whereof is in some principall part within; why may we not say, that all...

The Word of God Delivered By Prophets is the Main Principle of Christian Politiques I have derived the Rights of Soveraigne Power, and the duty of Subjects hitherto, from the Principles of Nature onely; such as Experience has found true, or Consent (concerning the use of words) has made so; that is...

The finall Cause, End, or Designe of men, (who naturally love Liberty, and Dominion over others,) in the introduction of that restraint upon themselves, (in which wee see them live in Common-wealths,) is the foresight of their own preservation, and of a more contented life thereby; that is to say,...

Leviathan was devoted to the problems of the state. Leviathan was the name of the biblical monster, depicted as a force of nature, belittling a human race. Hobbes uses this image of this monster to describe the powerful state. Hobbes’ point of view was based on the postulate of the natural state...

Thomas Hobbes, filosofo britannico vissuto nel XVII secolo, pubblicò nel 1651 il famoso volume di filosofia politica intitolato Leviatano. Il contributo hobbesiano non si limita alla politica e alla filosofia ma riguarda diversi campi del sapere, tra cui la storia, la geometria, l'etica e l'economia....

Thomas Hobbes fue uno de los más célebres pensadores políticos de todos los tiempos. En estas páginas, seleccionadas de su magna obra, "Leviatán", el lector puede confirmar la vigencia de un texto clásico de filosofía política que describe los orígenes del Estado, los derechos de...

"Que Locke me paraît diffus et lâche, La Bruyère et La Rochefoucauld pauvres et petits en comparaison de ce Thomas Hobbes" (Diderot). Traduction Du Baron d’Holbach. Contenant : - Livre I : De l’entendement ; Livre II : Des passions ; Livre III : De la morale Format professionnel électronique © Ink Book édition.

En un momento como el actual en el que los cimientos de la cultura política moderna se evidencian cuestionados y sometidos al juicio de unos hechos que parecen negarlos con fuerza, resulta más necesario que nunca poner en claro las raíces de la modernidad política. Éste es el motivo que ha llevado...

This massive anthology of philosophy contains over 75 works by a dozen of the most known philosophers of all time. An active table of contents makes it easy to quickly to the work you want.Authors and books include:Aeschylus:AgamemnonBound and Seven Against ThebesThe House of AtreusMaidens and Other...

Leviathan  is a sea monster referenced in theTanakh, or the Old Testament. In Leviathan, Hobbes set out his doctrine of the foundation of states and legitimate governments and creating an objective science of morality. This gave rise to social contract...

First Published in 1969. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.