It was as a political thinker that Thomas Hobbes first came to prominence, and it is as a political theorist that he is most studied today. Yet the range of his writings extends well beyond morals and politics. Hobbes had distinctive views in metaphysics and epistemology, and wrote about such subjects as history, law, and religion. He also produced full-scale treatises in physics, optics, and geometry. All of these areas are covered in this Companion, most in considerable detail. The volume also reflects the multidisciplinary nature of current Hobbes scholarship by drawing together perspectives that are now being developed in parallel by philosophers, historians of science and mathematics, intellectual historians, political scientists, and literary theorists.
The most convenient, accessible guide to Hobbes available.Reviews'... a substantial reference work for quite advanced students, providing articles on all the widely varied aspects of the work of seventeenth-century England's most outstanding philosopher prior to Locke.' Robert Burns, The Expository Times
Book InformationISBN 9780521422444
Author Tom SorellFormat Paperback
Page Count 420
Imprint Cambridge University PressPublisher Cambridge University Press
Weight(grams) 610g
Dimensions(mm) 228mm * 149mm * 26mm