[BOOK][B] Leviathan: Or the Matter, Forme & Power of a Commonwealth, Ecclesiasticall and Civill
T Hobbes - 1904 - books.google.com
ATURE (the Art whereby God hath made and governes the World) is by the Art of man, as in
many other things, so in this also imitated, that it can make an Artificial Animal. For seeing
life is but a motion of Limbs, the beginning whereof is in some principall part within; why may
we not say, that all Automata (Engines that move themselves by springs and wheeles as
doth a watch) have an artificial life? For what is the Heart, but a Spring; and the Nerves, but
so many Strings; and the Joynts, but so many Wheeles, giving motion to the whole Body …
many other things, so in this also imitated, that it can make an Artificial Animal. For seeing
life is but a motion of Limbs, the beginning whereof is in some principall part within; why may
we not say, that all Automata (Engines that move themselves by springs and wheeles as
doth a watch) have an artificial life? For what is the Heart, but a Spring; and the Nerves, but
so many Strings; and the Joynts, but so many Wheeles, giving motion to the whole Body …
[BOOK][B] Leviathan: with selected variants from the Latin edition of 1668
T Hobbes - 1994 - books.google.com
Designed to meet the needs of both student and scholar, this edition of Leviathan offers a
brilliant introduction by Edwin Curley, modernized spelling and punctuation of the text, and
the inclusion, along with historical and interpretive notes, of the most significant variants
between the English version of 1651 and the Latin version of 1668. A glossary of
seventeenth-century English terms, and indexes of persons, subjects, and scriptural
passages help make this the most thoughtfully conceived edition of Leviathan available.
brilliant introduction by Edwin Curley, modernized spelling and punctuation of the text, and
the inclusion, along with historical and interpretive notes, of the most significant variants
between the English version of 1651 and the Latin version of 1668. A glossary of
seventeenth-century English terms, and indexes of persons, subjects, and scriptural
passages help make this the most thoughtfully conceived edition of Leviathan available.
[BOOK][B] Leviathan: Or, the matter, form, and power of a commonwealth ecclesiastical and civil
T Hobbes - 1894 - books.google.com
THOMAS HOBBES, who lived into his ninety-second year, was born in April, 1588, the year
of the Spanish Armada, and died on the 4th of December, 1679, within ten years of the
English Revolution. The whole series of events that raised the question of the limit of
authority within a State, and made it the foremost question of his day in England, lay within
the limits of his actual life, after he had passed the age of seventeen. He studied
philosophically the Civil Wars of the reign of Charles I., and expressed calmly in his books …
of the Spanish Armada, and died on the 4th of December, 1679, within ten years of the
English Revolution. The whole series of events that raised the question of the limit of
authority within a State, and made it the foremost question of his day in England, lay within
the limits of his actual life, after he had passed the age of seventeen. He studied
philosophically the Civil Wars of the reign of Charles I., and expressed calmly in his books …
[BOOK][B] Leviathan or the matter, forme, & power of a common-wealth ecclesiasticall and civill
T Hobbes - 2010 - books.google.com
Thomas Hobbes lived an astonishingly long life that spanned one of the most tumultuous
eras of English history. Born in 1588, exactly a century before the Glorious Revolution that
would remove James II from the English throne, Hobbes was still very much alive and in full
control of his intellect in the years leading up to that dramatic affair. 1 He died in December
of 1679, shortly before his ninety-second birthday. By then England was in the throes of the
Exclusion Crisis, prompted by rumors of a Jesuit conspiracy to assassinate the Protestant …
eras of English history. Born in 1588, exactly a century before the Glorious Revolution that
would remove James II from the English throne, Hobbes was still very much alive and in full
control of his intellect in the years leading up to that dramatic affair. 1 He died in December
of 1679, shortly before his ninety-second birthday. By then England was in the throes of the
Exclusion Crisis, prompted by rumors of a Jesuit conspiracy to assassinate the Protestant …