Of Liberty and Necessity

The first part of The Elements of Law, a short tour of the senses, imagination, passions and reason. An easy way into the view of human nature that sits behind Leviathan.

Thomas Hobbes

The full record of the free will debate with Bishop Bramhall, with each of the bishop's arguments followed by Hobbes's answer. His most complete defense of the idea that freedom and necessity are compatible.

Thomas Hobbes

The first part of Hobbes's system of philosophy, covering logic, first principles, geometry and physics. It lays out his view of a world made only of bodies in motion, with the original figures and tables.

Thomas Hobbes

A late dialogue on gravity, tides, the vacuum, heat and light, hardness, wind and weather, and motion, dedicated to Charles II. Hobbes puts his natural philosophy to work on the science debates of his day.

Thomas Hobbes