Electronic Enlightenment Biographical Dictionary
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Name : Thomas Hobbes
Dates : born 1588–died 1679
Nationality : English
Occupation : philosopher
Correspondents include : Samuel Sorbière; François Bonneau Du Verdus; François Peleau
Current document count : 102 written; 249 received . . . .
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- Ad nobilissimum dominum Gulielmum comitem Devoniæ, &c., de mirabilibus pecci carmen Thomæ Hobbes, 1666
- An answer to a book published by Dr. Bramhall, late bishop of Derry; called the Catching of the leviathan. Together with an historical narration concerning heresie, and the punishment thereof. By Thomas Hobbes of Malmesbury
- The art of rhetoric, with A discourse of the laws of England by Thomas Hobbes of Malmesbury.
- Behemoth, or, An epitome of the civil wars of England, from 1640 to 1660 by Thomas Hobs ...
- A briefe of the art of rhetorique Containing in substance all that Aristotle hath written in his three bookes of that subject, except onely what is not applicable to the Engligh tongue.
- A catalogue of the works of Mr. Hobbes
- Considerations upon the reputation, loyalty, manners, & religion of Thomas Hobbes of Malmsbury written by himself, by way of letter to a learned person.
- De corpore politico, or, The elements of law, moral and politick with discourses upon severall heads, as of [brace] the law of nature, oathes and covenants, several kinds of government : with the changes and revolutions of them.
- De mirabilibus pecci being the wonders of the peak in Darby-shire, commonly called the Devil's Arse of Peak : in English and Latine / the Latine written by Thomas Hobbes of Malmsbury ; the English by a person of quality.
- Decameron physiologicum, or, Ten dialogues of natural philosophy by Thomas Hobbes ... / to which is added The proportion of a straight line to half the arc of a quadrant, by the same author.
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