By: Noel Malcolm (Editor)

Hardcover

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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. This is the first critical edition based on a full study of the manuscript and printing history. 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. So, for the first time, readers of Leviathan will be able to see every stage of the development of the text at a single glance. Both texts are fully annotated with explanatory notes. 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. This definitive edition will set the study of Hobbes's masterwork on a new basis.

Everything about these three volumes is testimony to Malcolm's extraordinary scholarly range and precision. Just as impressive is the lucidity of Malcolm's own prose ... Specialists will find fresh insights on almost every page ... Malcolm's measured and gently sceptical style is a perfect complement to Hobbe's own extravagant scepticism David Runciman, Times Literary Supplement The lavish, meticulous annotation ... is certainly this editions most significant contribution to the republic of letters. 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. Malcolm ... fluently and authoritatively sets Leviathan and its author in their time and provides a keen and detailed study of Leviathans genesis. Malcolms volume itself is an enduring work of history. Ben Schwartz, The Atlantic Malcolm's edition of Leviathan aims to present the masterpiece as faithfully as possible. The result - a product of many years of labour - is an astonishing achievement of the highest scholarship. We have never before had so accurate and so richly annotated a version of the text, and it is unlikely that there will ever be another that can match this edition. John Gray, New Statesman Dr Malcolm seems to have read, and judiciously assessed, everything that may be relevant to everything that may be relevant (this includes graveyard inscriptions, so it can be fairly said that he leaves no stone unturned). The Economist The most helpful piece of scholarship was Noel Malcolm's translating the Latin version and appendix of Hobbes's Leviathan in his monumental three-volume edition Christopher Howse, The Spectator (Books of the Year)

Volume 1: Editorial Introduction Preface Abbreviations A Note on Fates and References General Intorduction Chapter 1: The Writing of iLeviathanr Chapter 2: Some Features of the English Leviathan Chapter 3: From the English Leviathan to the Latin Textual Introduction Chapter 1: The English Leviathan Chapter 2: The Latin Leviathan Chapter 3: The Present Edition Chapter 4: A Bibliographical Description of the Editions used in the Present Edition List of Manuscripts Bibliography Index Volume 2: The English and Latin Texts Abbreviations and Conventions used in this Edition Leviathan Part 1 Part 2 Volume 3: The English and Latin Texts Part 3 Part 4 A Review and Conclusion Appendix Index to the Latin Leviathan Index of Biblical Citations General Index

ISBN: 9780199602629
ISBN-10: 019960262X
Series: Clarendon Edition of the Works of Thomas Hobbes
Audience: Tertiary; University or College
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Number Of Pages: 1832
Published: 24th May 2012
Dimensions (cm): 23.9 x 16.4  x 11.23
Weight (kg): 3.192