Leviathan (Continuum Classic Texts) [Paperback]

Karl Schuhmann (Author), Thomas Hobbes (Author), G. A.J. Rogers (Author)

Book Description

Series: Continuum Classic Texts | Publication Date: March 1, 2006

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. >

Editorial Reviews

Review

'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

Reference & Research Book News, August 2006

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About the Author

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.

Product Details

• Paperback: 856 pages
• Publisher: Thoemmes Continuum (March 1, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 184371132X
• ISBN-13: 978-1843711322
• Product Dimensions: 8.7 x 5.6 x 2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.3 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #926,786 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)