THOMAS HOBBES: BEHEMOTH by Paul Seaward (Editor) ( 9780198248712 )

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THOMAS HOBBES: BEHEMOTH

By:

Paul Seaward (Editor)

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Hardback

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0198248717

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Publisher:

OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS

Pub. date:

3 December, 2009

Series:

Clarendon Edition of the Works of Thomas Hobbes

Pages:

438

Description:

Behemoth is a history of the English Civil Wars and Interregnum (1640-60) written by England's most famous philosopher, Thomas Hobbes. It covers the events which were the background to his major philosophical writings, especially Leviathan, and is the only place where he discusses them directly.

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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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