Description: These essays are the fruit of many years' research by one of the world's leading Hobbes scholars. Noel Malcolm offers not only succinct introductions to Hobbes's life and thought, but also path-breaking studies of many different aspects of his political philosophy, his scientific and religious theories, his relations with his contemporaries, the sources of his ideas, the printing history of his works, and his influence on European thought.
Review Quotes: "It requires unusual breadth of scholarship to study and illuminate these various and interconnecting dimensions of Hobbes's life and works, but Malcolm is a scholar's scholar. ...Aspects of Hobbes is an unassuming title for what is no less than a landmark in Hobbes studies. This book is essential reading for anyone interested in the world of Hobbes."--Renaissance Quarterly