'Malcolm's edition of Leviathan aims to present the masterpiece as faithfully as possible. Malcolms volume itself is an enduring work of history.' - Ben Schwartz, The Atlantic fluently and authoritatively sets Leviathan and its author in their time and provides a keen and detailed study of Leviathans genesis. But the general reader will probably find Malcolms introduction, a tour de force that takes up the entire first volume, to be of greatest value. is certainly this editions most significant contribution to the republic of letters. Malcolm's measured and gently sceptical style is a perfect complement to Hobbe's own extravagant scepticism' - David Runciman, Times Literary Supplement Specialists will find fresh insights on almost every page. Just as impressive is the lucidity of Malcolm's own prose. 'Everything about these three volumes is testimony to Malcolm's extraordinary scholarly range and precision. 'The importance of Hobbes' Leviathan is largely based on the ruthlessness of its logic and the soundness of its arguments.' - Contemporary Review This hardback three-volume set is also available in paperback, in the following components: Three-volume set (comprising the Editorial Introduction, and The English and Latin Texts): 978-0-19-870908-4 Editorial Introduction (Volume 1): 978-0-19-870909-1 The English and Latin Texts (Volumes 2 and 3): 978-0-19-872396-7 This definitive edition will set the study of Hobbes's masterwork on a new basis. The editor's Introduction, which takes up the whole of the first volume, gives a path-breaking account of the work's context, sources, and textual history. Both texts are fully annotated with explanatory notes. So, for the first time, readers of Leviathan will be able to see clearly every stage of the development of the text. It is also the first edition to place the English text side by side with Hobbes's later Latin version of it, complete with a set of notes in which the many passages that differ in the Latin are translated into English.

This is the first critical edition based on a full study of the manuscript and printing history. Thomas Hobbes's Leviathan is one of the most important philosophical texts in the English language, and one of the most influential works of political philosophy ever written. Oxford Research Encyclopedias: Global Public Health.The European Society of Cardiology Series.Oxford Commentaries on International Law.

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