Tag: General Introduction

Major Works

Commentary

  • “Thomas Hobbes”

    - Berns, Lawrence. "Thomas Hobbes." In History of Political Philosophy, edited by Leo Strauss and Joseph Cropsey, 396–420. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1987.
    Lawrence Berns’ essay on Thomas Hobbes, featured in History of Political Philosophy (3rd ed.), offers a comprehensive analysis of Hobbes’s political theories. Berns examines Hobbes’s views on human nature, the state of nature, and the… More
  • Hobbes: A Very Short Introduction by Richard Tuck

    - Tuck, Richard. Hobbes: A Very Short Introduction. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2002.
    Richard Tuck’s Hobbes: A Very Short Introduction offers a concise yet profound exploration of Thomas Hobbes’s philosophy, challenging common misconceptions about his work. Often caricatured as a pessimistic atheist advocating for totalitarian rule,… More
  • Hobbes

    - Bernard Gert (Polity, 2010)
    A book-length study of Hobbes’ political and moral teaching that resists the psychological egoism often attributed to Hobbes by emphasizing the distinction between justice and morality in his political theory.