Leviathan利维坦 (海中巨兽)

ThisNortonCriticalEditionofarguablythegreatestworkofpoliticaltheorywrittenintheEnglishlanguagecontainsthebulkofHobbes'streatise,includingallchaptersexceptthosewhichareofinterestprimarilytoprofes-sionalhistoricalscholars.TomakeHobbes'ssometimesarchaicprosemoreaccessibletostudents,theeditorshaveincludedexplanatoryannotationsthroughout."Backgrounds"includeswritingsontobbes'slifeaswellasselectionsfromhisresponsestocriticismofthebook.AlsoincludedisaselectionofthosecriticismsandotherreactionstotheworkbySirRobertFilmer,JamesHarrington,BishopBramhall,EdwardHvde(theearlofClarendon),GottfriedWilhelmLeibniz,Montesquieu,andHenrySidgwick.