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Thomas Hobbes : Elements of Law / edited by Johann P. Sommerville.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Clarendon Edition of the Works of Thomas Hobbes Series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Hobbes, Thomas, 1588-1679--Political and social views.
- Hobbes, Thomas.
- Natural law.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (327 pages)
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford, England : Oxford University Press, [2024]
- Summary:
- The Elements of Law (1640) presents a complete but succinct version of Hobbes's political theory and of his more general philosophy. Johann P. Sommerville's edition establishes a more accurate text based on all the eleven known manuscripts, drawing extensively on modern scholarship on Hobbes and his contexts.
- Contents:
- Cover
- Series Page
- The Elements of Law, Naturall and Politique
- Copyright
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- List of Abbreviations
- General Introduction
- Overview of Hobbes's Elements of Law
- The date, political context, and composition of EL: Opening arguments
- Was EL hastily completed?
- EL, philosophy, and science
- Was EL scribally published by a production line of scribes under Hobbes's supervision?
- An alternative theory: A tale of two patrons-and two key manuscripts
- EL and the philosophical trilogy
- EL: Lending, borrowing, and copying manuscripts
- EL, De Cive, and Leviathan
- EL and the Bible
- Summary
- Textual Introduction
- The printed editions
- Detailed descriptions of editions published in Hobbes's lifetime
- The manuscripts
- A Chatsworth A2.A (GB 2495 HS/A/2A in the Devonshire Collection Archives at Chatsworth) (A in the textual notes of this edition). Dimensions 215 × 348 mm
- B Chatsworth A2.B (GB 2495 HS/A/2B in the Devonshire Collection Archives at Chatsworth) (B in the textual notes of this edition). Dimensions 242 × 364 mm
- C Chatsworth A2.C (GB 2495 HS/A/2C in the Devonshire Collection Archives at Chatsworth) (C in the textual notes of this edition). Dimensions 205 × 289 mm
- D Derby Local Studies and Family History Library MS 3514 (D in the textual notes of this edition). Dimensions 226 × 340 mm
- E Egerton 2005 (E in the textual notes of this edition)
- H1 Harley 4235 (available online at http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Harley_MS_4235) (H1 in the textual notes to this edition). Dimensions 238 × 328 mm
- H2 Harley 4236 (available online at http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Harley_MS_4236) (H2 in the textual notes of this edition). Dimensions 241 × 348 mm
- H3 Harley 1325 (H3 in the textual notes of this edition). Dimensions 180 × 289 mm.
- H4 Harley 6858 (available online at http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Harley_MS_6858) (H4 in the textual notes of this edition). Dimensions 238 × 361 mm
- M Magdalene College, Cambridge, Pepys Library, 2099, item 7, ff. 84a-173b (M in the textual notes of this edition). Dimensions: 185 × 283 mm
- T Toronto University Library, Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library, Rare Book Collection MSS 03341. It also has the earlier numbers MSS Hobbes Collection 003, hob 00003, 3063, 03341, and BBU-8341(T in the textual notes of this edition)
- The Ogden and Sloane manuscripts
- The Sebright, Heber, and Phillipps manuscript
- Abbreviations used to refer to manuscripts in the textual notes
- Principles of transcription
- How the manuscripts relate to each other
- The Elements of Law, Naturall and Politique.
- The Order
- The Contents
- Part 1
- Chapter 1.
- Chapter. 2.
- Chapter. 3.
- Chapter. 4.
- Chapter 5.
- Chapter. 6.
- Chapter 7.
- Chapter 8.
- Chapter. 9.
- Chapter. 10.
- Chapter. 11.
- Chapter. 12.
- Chapter. 13.
- Chapter. 14.
- Chapter 15.
- Chapter. 16.
- Chapt: 17.
- Chapter. 18.
- Chapter. 19.
- Second Parte
- Chapter. 1.
- Chapter 3.
- Chapter. 5.
- Chapt. 7.
- Chapt: 8.
- Chapt: 9.
- Chapt: 10.
- HOBBES'S ELEMENTS OF LAW
- Materials from the editions printed in Hobbes's lifetime, but not found in the manuscripts
- 1. Ralph Bathurst's commendatory verses
- 2. A translation of Ralph Bathurst's commendatory verses
- 3. 'To the Reader' from Humane Nature
- 4. 'To the Reader' from De Corpore Politico
- Bibliography
- Index.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-891643-4
- 0-19-891642-6
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