Thomas Hobbes: Writings on Common Law and Hereditary Right - A Dialogue Between a Philosopher a Student, of Common Laws of

Zusatztext We are greatly in Cromartie's and Skinner's debts for the quality of their editing work on these texts and their historically rich introductions that supply the intellectual, political, and personal context for their composition. Klappentext This volume in the Clarendon Edition of the Works of Thomas Hobbes contains A dialogue between a philosopher and a student, of the common laws of England, edited by Alan Cromartie, supplemented by the important fragment "Questions relative to Hereditary Right," discovered and edited by Quentin Skinner. As a critique of common law by a great philosopher, the Dialogue should be essential reading for anybody interested in English political thought or legal theory. Cromartie has established when and why the work was written and has supplied extensive annotation (along with a substantial introduction) to make the work accessible to the non-specialist reader. The additional piece sees Hobbes mounting a robust defense of hereditary right, in the course of which he also makes some important general observations about the concept of a right. It is also of special interest as it constitutes Hobbes's last word on politics. Zusammenfassung Contains a dialogue between a philosopher and a student, of the common laws of England, edited by Alan Cromartie, supplemented by the important fragment 'Questions relative to Hereditary Right', discovered and edited by Quentin Skinner. Inhaltsverzeichnis A Dialogue between a Phylosopher and a Student, of the Common-Laws of England General Introduction Textual Introduction Text Bibliography Questions relative to Hereditary Right Textual Introduction Historical Introduction Text Bibliography

Product details

• Authors: Alan (Department of Politics Cromartie, Alan Skinner Cromartie, T. Hobbes, Thomas Hobbes
• Assisted by: Alan Cromartie (Editor), Quentin Skinner (Editor)
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 03.03.2005
• EAN: 9780198237020
• ISBN: 978-0-19-823702-0
• No. of pages: 264
• Series: Clarendon Edition of the Works of Thomas Hobbes; Clarendon Edition of the Works; Clarendon Edition of the Works of Thomas Hobbes; Clarendon Edition of the Works
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Politics; Social sciences, law, business > Law > General, dictionaries