A Companion to Hobbes

Offers comprehensive treatment of Thomas Hobbes's thought, providing readers withdifferent ways of understanding Hobbes as a systematic philosopher As one of the founders of modern political philosophy,Thomas Hobbes is best known forhisideasregarding the nature of legitimate government and the necessity of society submitting to the absolute authority of sovereign power. Yet Hobbesproduced a wide range of writings,from translations of texts by Homer and Thucydides, to interpretations of Biblical books, to works devoted togeometry, optics,morality,and religion.Hobbes viewed himself aspresentingaunified method for theoretical and practical science an interconnectedsystem of philosophythat providesmany entry points into his thought. A Companion to Hobbes isanexpertly curatedcollection of essaysoffering close textualengagementwiththe thought of Thomas Hobbesin his major workswhile probinghisideasregarding natural philosophy, mathematics, human nature, civil philosophy, religion, and more.TheCompaniondiscusses

of sovereigns Part of the acclaimedBlackwell Companions to Philosophy series,ACompanion to Hobbes is an invaluable resource for scholarsand advanced students of Early modern thought, particularly those from disciplines such as History of Philosophy, Political Philosophy, Intellectual History, History of Politics, Political Theory, and English. [Publisher's Text]

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