Behemoth or The Long Parliament
Behemoth or The Long Parliament

Author: Thomas Hobbes

Publisher: University of Chicago Press

Published: 2014-12-10

Total Pages: 270

ISBN-13: 022622984X

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Behemoth, or The Long Parliament is essential to any reader interested in the historical context of the thought of Thomas Hobbes (1588-1679). In De Cive (1642) and Leviathan (1651), the great political philosopher had developed an analytical framework for discussing sedition, rebellion, and the breakdown of authority. Behemoth, completed around 1668 and not published until after Hobbe's death, represents the systematic application of this framework to the English Civil War. In his insightful and substantial Introduction, Stephen Holmes examines the major themes and implications of Behemoth in Hobbes's system of thought. Holmes notes that a fresh consideration of Behemoth dispels persistent misreadings of Hobbes, including the idea that man is motivated solely by a desire for self-preservation. Behemoth, which is cast as a series of dialogues between a teacher and his pupil, locates the principal cause of the Civil War less in economic interests than in the stubborn irrationality of key actors. It also shows more vividly than any of Hobbe's other works the importance of religion in his theories of human nature and behavior.

Behemoth
Behemoth

Author: Thomas Hobbes

Publisher:

Published: 2017-09-18

Total Pages: 142

ISBN-13: 9781976557606

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Behemoth was written in 1668 as a follow-up to a previous and scandalous political work, Leviathan (1651). Leviathan is a representation of an ideal political world, and Behemoth has been considered to be a contrasting treatise on what happens when the very worst abuses of government come to pass. Hobbes applied his understanding of the science of human nature to explain why the English Civil War came to pass. He was able to do this because he "did not make an impassable gulf between his rational understanding on the one hand and the particular events which he witnessed, remembered, or heard about on the other". The book is written in the form of a discourse between two men. The first speaker, called only "A", is an eyewitness and possible insider to the events of the English Civil War. The second speaker, referred to as "B", is a student aiming to understand the breakdown in the government of England at that time.

Behemoth Or the Long Parliament (Classic Reprint)
Behemoth Or the Long Parliament (Classic Reprint)

Author: Thomas Hobbes

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2017-09-17

Total Pages: 218

ISBN-13: 9781528574976

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Excerpt from Behemoth or the Long Parliament I do here present you with a piece of Mr. Hobbes's writing, which is not published from an imperfect ms., as his Dialogue of the Civil Wars of England was (by some that had got accidentally a copy of it) absolutely against his consent, as you may see by some passages out of some of his letters to me which I have here inserted. In his letter of June, 1679, he saith: I would fain have published my Dialogue of the Civil Wars of England long ago, and to that end I presented it to his Majesty; and some days after, when I thought he had read it, I humbly besought him to let me print it; but his Majesty (though he heard me graciously, yet he) flatly refused to have it published. Therefore I brought away the book, and gave you leave to take a copy of it; which, when you had done, I gave the original to an honourable and learned friend, who about a year after died. The king knows better, and is more con cerned in publishing of books than I am therefore I dare not venture to appear in the business, lest it should offend him. Therefore I pray you not to meddle in the business. Rather than to be thought any way to further or counten ance the printing, I would be content to lose twenty times the value of what you can expect to gain by it, &c. To this now may be added the following unprinted passage from a letter, which was addressed at a still later date (august 19, 1679) by the aged philosopher to his friend John Aubrey (the end of it being inserted in Aubrey's Sketch of Hobbes's Life, published in Letters from the Bodleian, vol. Ii., ubz' m'd. P. Running thus: I have been told that my book of the civil war is come abroad. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Behemoth; Or, the Long Parliament - Scholar's Choice Edition
Behemoth; Or, the Long Parliament - Scholar's Choice Edition

Author: Thomas Hobbes

Publisher:

Published: 2015-02-12

Total Pages: 224

ISBN-13: 9781294984733

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Behemoth
Behemoth

Author: Ferdinand Tonnies

Publisher: Franklin Classics

Published: 2018-10-10

Total Pages: 226

ISBN-13: 9780342191109

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The Political Works of Thomas Hobbes (4 Books in One Edition)
The Political Works of Thomas Hobbes (4 Books in One Edition)

Author: Thomas Hobbes

Publisher: DigiCat

Published: 2023-12-24

Total Pages: 1320

ISBN-13:

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The political Works, written by Thomas Hobbes, described his views on how humans could thrive in harmony while avoiding the perils and fear of societal conflict. His experience during a time of upheaval in England influenced his thoughts, which he captured in The Elements of Law , De Cive (On the Citizen), Behemoth, or The Long Parliament and his most famous work, Leviathan. Leviathan, published in 1651, concerns the structure of society and legitimate government, and is regarded as one of the earliest and most influential examples of social contract theory. Written during the English Civil War (1642–1651), Leviathan argues for a social contract and rule by an absolute sovereign. Hobbes wrote that civil war and situations identified with a state of nature and the famous motto Bellum omnium contra omnes ("the war of all against all") could only be averted by strong central government. De Cive ('On the citizen') was Hobbes's first published book of political philosophy. Thomas Hobbes was an English philosopher who is considered one of the founders of modern political philosophy.