A landmark in Hobbes studies
Long-awaited, from one of Britain`s most versatile and brilliant writers
A virtuoso display of historical, philosophical, and literary scholarship
Presents important new information, discoveries, and solutions to long-discussed problems
Contains the first general survey ever written of Hobbes`s influence on early modern European thought

Noel Malcolm, one of the world`s leading experts on Thomas Hobbes, presents a set of extended essays on a wide variety of aspects of the life and work of this giant of early modern thought. Malcolm offers a succinct introduction to Hobbes`s life and thought, as a foundation for his discussion of such topics as his political philosophy, his theory of international relations, the development of his mechanistic world-view, and his subversive Biblical criticism. Several of the essays pay special attention to the European dimensions of Hobbes`s life, his sources and his influence; the longest surveys the entire European reception of his work from the 1640s to the 1750s. All the essays are based on a deep knowledge of primary sources, and many present striking new discoveries about Hobbes`s life, his manuscripts, and the printing history of his works. Aspects of Hobbes will be essential reading not only for Hobbes specialists, but also for all those interested in seventeenth-century intellectual history more generally, both British and European.