Leviathan: With selected variants from the Latin edition of 1668

by Thomas Hobbes, Edwin Curley (Editor)

Overview

Designed to meet the needs of both student and scholar, this edition of Leviathan offers a brilliant introduction by Edwin Curley, modernized spelling and punctuation of the text, and the inclusion, along with historical and interpretive notes, of the most significant variants between the English version of 1651 and the Latin version of 1668. A glossary of seventeenth-century English terms, and indexes of persons, subjects, and scriptural passages help make this the most thoughtfully conceived edition of Leviathan available.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780872201774
Publisher:	Hackett Publishing Company, Inc.
Publication date:	03/01/1994
Series:	Hackett Classics
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	672
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)

Editorial Reviews

"A scholar's edition at a student price!" —Harvey Mansfield, Harvard University

"The translation of Latin variants and the index of Biblical citations mark this off as by far the best edition of the Leviathan." —Thomas Pangle, University of Toronto

"Plainly the best edition of Leviathan. Superbly edited and indexed, with footnote passages from the Latin edition, a helpful glossary, biographical and autobiographical material, and a translation of Hobbes on the Nicene Creed, it will be an indispensable study tool. Curley’s introduction is masterly." —Jerome Schneewind, Johns Hopkins University

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