The Correspondence of Thomas Hobbes (Clarendon Edition of the Works of Thomas Hobbes)

The Correspondence of Thomas Hobbes (Clarendon Edition of the Works of Thomas Hobbes)

Thomas Hobbes (1588-1679) is one of the most important figures in the history of European thought. Although interest in his life and work has grown enormously in recent years, this is the first complete edition of his correspondence. The texts of the letters are richly supplemented with explanatory notes and full biographical and bibliographical information. This landmark publication sheds new light on the intellectual life of a major thinker. "Another reason for reading these volumes is to delight in Noel Malcolm's scholarship. He provides artful transcriptions and sound translations."-- London Review of Books Thomas Hobbes (1588- 1679) was an English philosopher, whose famous 1651 book Leviathan set the agenda for nearly all subsequent Western political philosophy. Noel Malcolm is at St Antony's College, Oxford.