| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Title of host publication | The Cambridge Spinoza Lexicon |
| Editors | Karolina Hübner, Justin Steinberg |
| Place of Publication | Cambridge UK |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
| Chapter | 86 |
| Pages | 228-231 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 9781108992459 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 2024 |
Abstract
Hobbes was a philosopher best known for his contributions to political philosophy. During his lifetime, his native England descended into civil war, executed its king, and eventually returned to peace. Written against this backdrop, Hobbes’s major political works, De Cive (On the Citizen, 1642) and Leviathan (1651), stressed the importance of uncontested unitary political authority. Hobbes viewed his political philosophy as just one component of a comprehensive materialist philosophical system, centered on bodies in motion, as laid out in his magnum opus, the Elements of Philosophy (1642–58).
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