Politics and Government

The Collected Political Works: Leviathan + De Cive (On the Citizen) + The Elements of Law + Behemoth, or The Long Parliament (Annotated)

Enriched Edition. Sovereignty, Civil War, and LawBy Thomas Hobbes

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This collected volume brings together Hobbes's major political writings, tracing the full architecture of his civil philosophy from the analytic foundations of The Elements of Law and De Cive to the monumental synthesis of Leviathan and the historical diagnosis of Behemoth. Written in a prose at once geometrical, polemical, and often startlingly vivid, these works situate sovereignty, fear, covenant, religion, and obedience within the fractured intellectual world of seventeenth-century Europe, where civil war and theological controversy made political order an urgent philosophical problem. Thomas Hobbes (1588–1679), educated at Oxford and long connected to aristocratic and scientific circles, wrote under the pressure of England's constitutional crisis, the Civil War, and the collapse of traditional authority. His encounters with classical history, emerging mechanistic science, and continental thinkers helped shape his ambition to make politics a rigorous science grounded in human nature, appetite, motion, and self-preservation. This collection is indispensable for readers seeking to understand the origins of modern political theory. It is especially recommended to students of philosophy, history, law, and theology, as well as anyone interested in the enduring question of how liberty, authority, and peace can coexist. This enriched edition has been carefully crafted to add value to your reading experience. - A comprehensive Introduction outlines these selected works' unifying features, themes, or stylistic evolutions. - The Author Biography highlights personal milestones and literary influences that shape the entire body of writing. - A Historical Context section situates the works in their broader era—social currents, cultural trends, and key events that underpin their creation. - A concise Synopsis (Selection) offers an accessible overview of the included texts, helping readers navigate plotlines and main ideas without revealing critical twists. - A unified Analysis examines recurring motifs and stylistic hallmarks across the collection, tying the stories together while spotlighting the different work's strengths. - Reflection questions inspire deeper contemplation of the author's overarching message, inviting readers to draw connections among different texts and relate them to modern contexts. - Lastly, our hand‐picked Memorable Quotes distill pivotal lines and turning points, serving as touchstones for the collection's central themes.

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Publish dateNov 10, 2013

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1Robert's Rules of Order (Annotated)

2The Collected Political Works: Leviathan + De Cive (On the Citizen) + The Elements of Law + Behemoth, or The Long Parliament

3The Elements of Law

4PART I

5Chapter 1: The General Division of Man's Natural Faculties

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6Chapter 2: The Cause of Sense

7Chapter 3: Of Imagination and the Kinds Thereof

8Chapter 4: Of the Several Kinds of Discursion of the Mind

9Chapter 5: Of Names, Reasoning, and Discourse of the Tongue

10Chapter 6: Of a Knowledge, Opinion and Relief

11Chapter 7: Of Delight and Pain; Good and Evil

12Chapter 8: Of the Pleasures of the Senses; Of Honour

13Chapter 9: Of the Passions of the Mind

14Chapter 10: Of the Difference Between Men In These Discerning Faculty and the Cause

15Chapter 11: What Imaginations and Passions Men Have, at the Names of Things Supernatural

16Chapter 12: How by Deliberation From Passions Proceed Men's Actions

17Chapter 13: How by Language Men Work Upon Each Other's Minds

18Chapter 14: Of the Estate and Right of Nature

19Chapter 15: Of the Divesting Natural Right by Gift and Covenant

20Chapter 16: Some of the Laws of Nature

21Chapter 17: Other Laws of Nature

22Chapter 18: A Confirmation of the Same Out of The Word of God

23Chapter 19: Of the Necessity and Definition of a Body Politic

24PART II

25Chapter 20: Of the Requisites to the Constitution of a Commonwealth

26Chapter 21: Of the Three Sorts of Commonwealth

27Chapter 22: Of the Power of Masters

28Chapter 23: Of the Power of Fathers, and of Patrimonial Kingdom

29Chapter 24: The Incommodities of Several Sorts of Government Compared

30Chapter 25: That Subjects are not Bound to Follow Their Private Judgments in Controversies of Religion

31Chapter 26: That Subjects are not bound to follow the Judgment of any Authorities in Controversies of Religion which is not Dependent on the Sovereign Power

32Chapter 27: Of the Causes of Rebellion

33Chapter 28: Of the Duty of Them That Have Sovereign Power

34Chapter 29: Of the Nature and Kinds of Laws

35De Cive (On the Citizen)

36Author's Preface

37Chapter I: Of the state of men without Civill Society

38Chapter II: Of the Law of Nature concerning Contracts

39Chapter III: Of the other Lawes of Nature

40Chapter IV: That the Law of Nature is a Divine Law

41Chapter V: Of the causes, and first begining of civill Government

42Chapter VI: Of the right of him, whether Counsell, or one Man onely, who hath the supreme power in the City

43Chapter VII: Of the three kindes of Government, Democracy, Aristocracy, Monarchie