Thomas Hobbes: Leviathan - Noel Malcolm

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Résumé :
Noel Malcolm presents his long-awaited critical edition of one of the most important philosophical works ever written. Hobbes's Leviathan (1651) is a classic of political theory and of English prose, studied at every university in the world. The English and Latin versions of the text are fully annotated, with a book-length introduction.

Biographie:
Noel Malcolm is a Senior Research Fellow of All Souls College, Oxford, and General Editor of the Clarendon Edition of the Works of Thomas Hobbes. He has been a Fellow of Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge, Foreign Editor of The Spectator, and political columnist of the Daily Telegraph. He left journalism in 1995 in order to concentrate on scholarly research and writing. His books include short histories of Bosnia and Kosovo, and the Clarendon Edition of the correspondence of Thomas Hobbes. Since 1995 he has been a Visiting Fellow at St Antony's College, Oxford, a Visiting Lecturer at Harvard University, and Carlyle Lecturer at Oxford University. He was elected a Fellow of the British Academy in 2001.

Sommaire:
VOLUME 1: EDITORIAL INTRODUCTION ; Preface ; Abbreviations ; A Note on Fates and References ; General Intorduction ; Chapter 1: The Writing of iLeviathanr ; Chapter 2: Some Features of the English Leviathan ; Chapter 3: From the English Leviathan to the Latin ; Textual Introduction ; Chapter 1: The English Leviathan ; Chapter 2: The Latin Leviathan ; Chapter 3: The Present Edition ; Chapter 4: A Bibliographical Description of the Editions used in the Present Edition ; List of Manuscripts ; Bibliography ; Index ; VOLUME 2: THE ENGLISH AND LATIN TEXTS ; Abbreviations and Conventions used in this Edition ; Leviathan ; Part 1 ; Part 2 ; VOLUME 3: THE ENGLISH AND LATIN TEXTS ; Part 3 ; Part 4 ; A Review and Conclusion ; Appendix ; Index to the Latin Leviathan ; Index of Biblical Citations ; General Index

The importance of Hobbes' Leviathan is largely based on the ruthlessness of its logic and the soundness of its arguments. Contemporary Review Everything about these three volumes is testimony to Malcolm's extraordinary scholarly range and precision. Just as impressive is the lucidity of Malcolm's own prose ... Specialists will find fresh insights on almost every page ... Malcolm's measured and gently sceptical style is a perfect complement to Hobbe's own extravagant scepticism David Runciman, Times Literary Supplement The lavish, meticulous annotation ... is certainly this editions most significant contribution to the republic of letters. But the general reader will probably find Malcolms introduction, a tour de force that takes up the entire first volume, to be of greatest value. Malcolm ... fluently and authoritatively sets Leviathan and its author in their time and provides a keen and detailed study of Leviathans genesis. Malcolms volume itself is an enduring work of history. Ben Schwartz, The Atlantic Malcolm's edition of Leviathan aims to present the masterpiece as faithfully as possible. The result - a product of many years of labour - is an astonishing achievement of the highest scholarship. We have never before had so accurate and so richly annotated a version of the text, and it is unlikely that there will ever be another that can match this edition. John Gray, New Statesman Dr Malcolm seems to have read, and judiciously assessed, everything that may be relevant to everything that may be relevant (this includes graveyard inscriptions, so it can be fairly said that he leaves no stone unturned). The Economist The most helpful piece of scholarship was Noel Malcolm's translating the Latin version and appendix of Hobbes's Leviathan in his monumental three-volume edition Christopher Howse, The Spectator (Books of the Year)