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The Political Works of Thomas Hobbes (4 Books in One Edition) (Annotated)

Enriched Edition. Leviathan, On the Citizen, The Elements of Law & Behemoth: The Long ParliamentBy Thomas Hobbes

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The Political Works of Thomas Hobbes (4 Books in One Edition) gathers the central texts through which Hobbes fashioned one of the most formidable theories of sovereignty in early modern thought. Moving from human psychology and natural law to covenant, commonwealth, religion, and civil disorder, these works combine geometric rigor with stark, memorable prose. In the shadow of classical political philosophy and Reformation controversy, Hobbes recasts politics as a science of fear, reason, and authority. Thomas Hobbes (1588–1679) wrote amid the upheavals of the English Civil War, regicide, exile, and Restoration—events that profoundly shaped his suspicion of divided power and ideological zeal. Educated in humanist and scientific circles, acquainted with continental rationalism and the new mechanics, Hobbes sought to explain political obligation with the same clarity he admired in mathematics. His experiences of faction, war, and religious conflict gave urgency to his defense of an undivided sovereign. This edition is highly recommended for readers seeking the foundations of modern political theory in their most uncompromising form. Philosophers, historians, legal theorists, and serious general readers will find in Hobbes not merely an apologist for absolutism, but a penetrating analyst of security, liberty, fear, and the fragile artifice of civil peace. 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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1The Elements of Law, Natural and Politic (Annotated)

2The Elements of Law

3Chapter 1: The General Division of Man's Natural Faculties

4Chapter 2: The Cause of Sense

5Chapter 3: Of Imagination and the Kinds Thereof

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6Chapter 4: Of the Several Kinds of Discursion of the Mind

7Chapter 5: Of Names, Reasoning, and Discourse of the Tongue

8Chapter 6: Of a Knowledge, Opinion and Relief

9Chapter 7: Of Delight and Pain; Good and Evil

10Chapter 8: Of the Pleasures of the Senses; Of Honour

11Chapter 9: Of the Passions of the Mind

12Chapter 10: Of the Difference Between Men In These Discerning Faculty and the Cause

13Chapter 11: What Imaginations and Passions Men Have, at the Names of Things Supernatural

14Chapter 12: How by Deliberation From Passions Proceed Men's Actions

15Chapter 13: How by Language Men Work Upon Each Other's Minds

16Chapter 14: Of the Estate and Right of Nature

17Chapter 15: Of the Divesting Natural Right by Gift and Covenant

18Chapter 16: Some of the Laws of Nature

19Chapter 17: Other Laws of Nature

20Chapter 18: A Confirmation of the Same Out of The Word of God

21Chapter 19: Of the Necessity and Definition of a Body Politic

22Chapter 20: Of the Requisites to the Constitution of a Commonwealth

23Chapter 21: Of the Three Sorts of Commonwealth

24Chapter 22: Of the Power of Masters

25Chapter 23: Of the Power of Fathers, and of Patrimonial Kingdom

26Chapter 24: The Incommodities of Several Sorts of Government Compared

27Chapter 25: That Subjects are not Bound to Follow Their Private Judgments in Controversies of Religion

28Chapter 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

29Chapter 27: Of the Causes of Rebellion

30Chapter 28: Of the Duty of Them That Have Sovereign Power

31Chapter 29: Of the Nature and Kinds of Laws

32De Cive (On the Citizen)

33Author's Preface

34Chapter I: Of the state of men without Civill Society

35Chapter II: Of the Law of Nature concerning Contracts

36Chapter III: Of the other Lawes of Nature

37Chapter IV: That the Law of Nature is a Divine Law

38Chapter V: Of the causes, and first begining of civill Government

39Chapter VI: Of the right of him, whether Counsell, or one Man onely, who hath the supreme power in the City

40Chapter VII: Of the three kindes of Government, Democracy, Aristocracy, Monarchie