Thomas Hobbes

Writings on Common Law and Hereditary Right

Herausgeber: Cromartie, Alan; Skinner, Quentin

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The manuscript is also of special interest, as it constitutes Hobbes's last word on politics. It was almost certainly written in the summer of 1679, less than six months before Hobbes's death.

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This volume in the Clarendon Edition of the Works of Thomas Hobbes contains A dialogue between a philosopher and a student, of the common laws of England, edited by Alan Cromartie, supplemented by the important fragment "Questions relative to Hereditary Right," discovered and edited by Quentin Skinner. As a critique of common law by a great philosopher, the Dialogue should be essential reading for anybody interested in English political thought or legal theory. Cromartie has established when and why the work was written and has supplied extensive annotation (along with a substantial introduction) to make the work accessible to the non-specialist reader. The additional piece sees Hobbes mounting a robust defense of hereditary right, in the course of which he also makes some important general observations about the concept of a right. It is also of special interest as it constitutes Hobbes's last word on politics.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press, USA
• Seitenzahl: 264
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. Mai 2005
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 164mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 535g
• ISBN-13: 9780198237020
• ISBN-10: 0198237022
• Artikelnr.: 22034665

Autorenporträt

Alan Cromartie, Department of Politics, University of Reading;
Quentin Skinner, Faculty of History, University of Cambridge

Inhaltsangabe

A Dialogue between a Phylosopher and a Student, of the Common-Laws of England
General Introduction
Textual Introduction
Text
Bibliography
Questions relative to Hereditary Right
Textual Introduction
Historical Introduction
Text
Bibliography