Thomas Hobbes

Dr Bunce completed a PhD on Hobbes' thought and teaches at the University of Cambridge, UK

• Series IntroductionSeries Editor's Preface AcknowledgementsChapter 1. Hobbes's LifeEarly LifeEmployment as a HumanistHobbes and the New SciencePhilosopher in ExileReturn to EnglandLast YearsConclusion: life and philosophyChapter 2. Hobbes's Civil Philosophy IntroductionThe nature of Hobbes's political thoughtHobbes's WorksHuman Nature: Reason, Knowledge, Imagination, and PassionMan, Born Unfit for SocietyThe Condition of Mere NatureThe Laws of NaturePersons, Authors, Representation, and the StateThe Creation of the State Through Mutual CovenantsTypes of SovereigntyThe Rights and Duties of the SovereignLiberty Under the SovereignThe Life of the CommonwealthThe FoolThe Death of the CommonwealthConclusion: The Science of Natural JusticeChapter 3. Reception and InterpretationIntroductionHobbism and AtheismHobbes's DisciplesHuman Nature and the State of NatureSocial Contract and the StateObligation and LawHobbes as a Theorist of Bourgeois SocietyHobbes and the Prisoner's DilemmaHobbes the ScepticHobbes and RhetoricConclusion: Understanding HobbesChapter 4. Hobbes TodayNew Leviathan and TotalitarianismBack to Nature Hobbes and Contemporary ConservatismLiberal Before LiberalismConclusionSuggested Further ReadingHobbes's LifeHobbes's WorksNatural Philosophy, Mathematics, and Language TheologyEthics and Political ThoughtReceptionBibliographyIndex

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