
Leviathan
Thoemmes Continuum (Publisher)
Published on 15. January 2006
Book
Paperback/Softback
578 pages
978-1-84371-132-2 (ISBN)
Description
By a deep and careful analysis of the text, enabling a new printing history of Leviathan to be constructed, this edition demonstrates that the traditional picture is substantially wrong. Both the Bear and Ornaments editions contain corrections and changes by Hobbes himself and are therefore central to reconstructing his text. In their substantial Introduction the editors examine all previous editions of Leviathan (as well as the manuscript copy prepared for Hobbes as a presentation copy for the King), throwing light on its history and calling into question the assumptions of previous editors. They thus provide an entirely new picture of its production. Schuhmann and Rogers also make full use of the Latin edition of Leviathan, published in 1668 when Hobbes was 80 years old. Through these new perspectives they are able to offer the first complete critical edition to take proper account of the publishing history and of Hobbes's own wishes. The result is as definitive an edition of Leviathan as modern scholarship can provide.
Reviews / Votes
"'This two-volume work is the latest and by far the most carefully prepared edition of Leviathan ever to appear. Almost anything that anyone wants to know about the text of Leviathan can be found in one of the two volumes, and any serious student of Leviathan will have to read it carefully... this edition is a remarkable achievement.' A. P. Martinich, British Journal for the History of Philosophy 'This new edition of Hobbes's Leviathan is groundbreaking. The editors deserve to be congratulated.' Tom Sorrell, University of Essex"More details
Edition
New edition
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Edition type
New edition
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Illustrations
black & white illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 215 mm
Width: 147 mm
Thickness: 49 mm
Weight
1039 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-84371-132-2 (9781843711322)
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Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
Additional editions

Thomas Hobbes | Karl Schuhmann | G.A.J. Rogers
Leviathan
E-Book
01/2006
1st Edition
Thoemmes Continuum
€42.99
Available for download
Persons
Karl Schuhmann (1941-2003) was Professor of Philosophy at the University of Utrecht.
G.A.J. Rogers is Professor of Philosophy at Keele University and Editor of the British Journal for the History of Philosophy.
Content
Introduction by G.A.J. Rogers and Karl Schuhmann; 1. The Genesis of Leviathan; 2. Hobbesian Sources of Leviathan; 3. The Different Versions of Leviathan; 4. The Latin Leviathan; 5. The Present Edition; List of Abbreviations; LEVIATHAN: The contents of the Chapters; The first Part, Of MAN; The second Part, Of COMMON-WEALTH. The third Part, Of A CHRISTIAN COMMON-WEALTH; The fourth Part, Of THE KINGDOME OF DARKNESSE.