Of Liberty and Necessity

This book collects well-known works of the English philosopher Thomas Hobbes, such as “The Elements of Philosophy,” “Human Nature,” “On Freedom and Necessity,” and “Leviathan.” Hobbes’s name holds an important place among other great philosophers of his era—alongside Bacon, Descartes, Locke, and Leibniz. His scholarly contributions to political philosophy, theories of the social contract, and the sovereignty of the state make him a philosopher of global significance.