Leviathan: With selected variants from the Latin edition of 1668

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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. Front Cover Title Page Colophon Contents Introduction to Hobbes' Leviathan Biographical Materials I. Chronology of the life of Hobbes II. Verse Autobiography (VA) III. Excerpts from Hobbes' Prose Autobiography (PA) IV. Excerpts from Aubrey's Life of Hobbes Bibliography Purposes and Features of This Edition Acknowledgments Leviathan Letter Dedicatory The Introduction PART I: OF MAN 1. Of SENSE 2. Of IMAGINATION 3. Of the Consequence or TRAIN of Imaginations 4. Of SPEECH 5. Of REASON, and SCIENCE 6. Of the Interiour Beginnings of Voluntary Motions, Commonly Called the PASSIONS, and the Speeches by Which They Are Expressed 7. Of the Ends, or Resolutions of DISCOURSE 8. Of the VIRTUES Commonly Called INTELLECTUAL, and Their Contrary DEFECTS 9. Of the Several SUBJECTS of KNOWLEDGE 9 (OL). On the CLASSIFICATION of the SCIENCES 10. Of POWER, WORTH, DIGNITY, HONOUR, and WORTHINESS 11. Of the Difference of MANNERS 12. Of RELIGION 13. Of the NATURAL CONDITION of MANKIND, As Concerning Their Felicity, and Misery 14. Of the First and Second NATURAL LAWS and of CONTRACTS 15. Of Other Laws of Nature 16. Of PERSONS, AUTHORS, and Things Personated PART II: OF COMMONWEALTH 17. Of the Causes, Generation, and Definition of a COMMONWEALTH 18. Of the RIGHTS of Sovereigns by Institution 19. Of the Several Kinds of COMMONWEALTH by Institution and of Succession to the Sovereign Power 20. Of Dominion PATERNAL and DESPOTICAL 21. Of the LIBERTY of Subjects 22. Of SYSTEMS Subject, Political, and Private 23. Of the PUBLIC MINISTERS of Sovereign Power 24. Of the NUTRITION and PROCREATION of a Commonwealth 25. Of COUNSEL 26. Of CIVIL LAWS 27. Of CRIMES, EXCUSES, and EXTENUATIONS 28. Of PUNISHMENTS and REWARDS 29. Of those things that Weaken or tend to the DISSOLUTION of a COMMONWEALTH 30. Of the OFFICE of the Sovereign Representative 31. Of the KINGDOM OF GOD BY NATURE PART III: OF A CHRISTIAN COMMONWEALTH 32. Of the Principles of CHRISTIAN POLITICS 33. Of the Number, Antiquity, Scope, Authority, and Interpreters of the Books of HOLY SCRIPTURE 34. Of the Signification of SPIRIT, ANGEL, and INSPIRATION in the Books of Holy Scripture 35. Of the Signification in Scripture of KINGDOM OF GOD, of HOLY, SACRED, and SACRAMENT 36. Of the WORD OF GOD, and of PROPHETS 37. Of MIRACLES, and their Use 38. Of the Signification in Scripture of ETERNAL LIFE, HELL, SALVATION, THE WORLD TO COME, and REDEMPTION 39. Of the Signification in Scripture of the Word CHURCH 40. Of the RIGHTS of the Kingdom of God, in Abraham, Moses, the High-Priests, and the Kings Of Judah 41. Of the OFFICE of our Blessed Saviour 42. Of POWER ECCLESIASTICAL 43. Of what is NECESSARY for a Man's Reception into the KINGDOM of Heaven PART IV: OF THE KINGDOM OF DARKNESS 44. Of Spiritual Darkness from MISINTERPRETATION of Scripture 45. Of DEMONOLOGY and other Relics of the Religion of the Gentiles 46. Of DARKNESS from VAIN PHILOSOPHY and FABULOUS TRADITIONS 46 (OL). Of the Darkness from Vain Philosophy 47. Of the BENEFIT that proceedeth from such Darkness and to whom it accrueth 47 (OL). Of those who profited from this darkness A REVIEW and CONCLUSION Latin Appendix 1. On the Nicene Creed 2. On Heresy 3. On certain objections against Leviathan A Note Regarding Chapter 42 Glossary & Indecies Glossary Index of Subjects Index of Proper Names Index of Biblical Citations Apocrypha Back Cover