The English works of Thomas Hobbes of Malmesbury, Volume 03 (of 11)
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Edited by William Molesworth. This Elibron Classics book is a facsimile reprint of a 1844 edition by Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, London.
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- THE ENGLISH WORKS OF THOMAS HOBBES
- THE CONTENTS OF THE CHAPTERS.
- THE INTRODUCTION.
- PART I. OF MAN.
- CHAPTER I. OF SENSE.
- CHAPTER II. OF IMAGINATION.
- CHAPTER III. OF THE CONSEQUENCE OR TRAIN OF IMAGINATIONS.
- CHAPTER IV. OF SPEECH.
- CHAPTER V. OF REASON AND SCIENCE.
- CHAPTER VI.
- CHAPTER VII. OF THE ENDS, OR RESOLUTIONS OF DISCOURSE.
- CHAPTER VIII. OF THE VIRTUES COMMONLY CALLED INTELLECTUAL; AND THEIR CONTRARY DEFECTS.
- CHAPTER IX. OF THE SEVERAL SUBJECTS OF KNOWLEDGE.
- CHAPTER X. OF POWER, WORTH, DIGNITY, HONOUR, AND WORTHINESS.
- CHAPTER XI. OF THE DIFFERENCE OF MANNERS.
- CHAPTER XII. OF RELIGION.
- CHAPTER XIII. OF THE NATURAL CONDITION OF MANKIND AS CONCERNING THEIR FELICITY, AND MISERY.
- CHAPTER XIV. OF THE FIRST AND SECOND NATURAL LAWS, AND OF CONTRACTS.
- CHAPTER XV. OF OTHER LAWS OF NATURE.
- CHAPTER XVI. OF PERSONS, AUTHORS, AND THINGS PERSONATED.
- PART II. OF COMMONWEALTH.
- CHAPTER XVII. OF THE CAUSES, GENERATION, AND DEFINITION OF A COMMONWEALTH.
- CHAPTER XVIII. OF THE RIGHTS OF SOVEREIGNS BY INSTITUTION.
- CHAPTER XIX. OF THE SEVERAL KINDS OF COMMONWEALTH BY INSTITUTION, AND OF SUCCESSION TO THE SOVEREIGN POWER.
- CHAPTER XX. OF DOMINION PATERNAL, AND DESPOTICAL.
- CHAPTER XXI. OF THE LIBERTY OF SUBJECTS.
- CHAPTER XXII. OF SYSTEMS SUBJECT, POLITICAL, AND PRIVATE.
- CHAPTER XXIII. OF THE PUBLIC MINISTERS OF SOVEREIGN POWER.
- CHAPTER XXIV. OF THE NUTRITION, AND PROCREATION OF A COMMONWEALTH.
- CHAPTER XXV. OF COUNSEL.
- CHAPTER XXVI. OF CIVIL LAWS.
- CHAPTER XXVII. OF CRIMES, EXCUSES, AND EXTENUATIONS.
- CHAPTER XXVIII. OF PUNISHMENTS AND REWARDS.
- CHAPTER XXIX. OF THOSE THINGS THAT WEAKEN, OR TEND TO THE DISSOLUTION OF A COMMONWEALTH.
- CHAPTER XXX. OF THE OFFICE OF THE SOVEREIGN REPRESENTATIVE.
- CHAPTER XXXI. OF THE KINGDOM OF GOD BY NATURE.
- PART III. OF A CHRISTIAN COMMONWEALTH.
- CHAPTER XXXII. OF THE PRINCIPLES OF CHRISTIAN POLITICS.
- CHAPTER XXXIII. OF THE NUMBER, ANTIQUITY, SCOPE, AUTHORITY AND INTERPRETERS OF THE BOOKS OF HOLY SCRIPTURE.
- CHAPTER XXXIV. OF THE SIGNIFICATION OF SPIRIT, ANGEL, AND INSPIRATION IN THE BOOKS OF HOLY SCRIPTURE.
- CHAPTER XXXV. OF THE SIGNIFICATION IN SCRIPTURE OF KINGDOM OF GOD, OF HOLY, SACRED, AND SACRAMENT.
- CHAPTER XXXVI. OF THE WORD OF GOD, AND OF PROPHETS.
- CHAPTER XXXVII. OF MIRACLES, AND THEIR USE.
- CHAPTER XXXVIII. OF THE SIGNIFICATION IN SCRIPTURE OF ETERNAL LIFE, HELL, SALVATION, THE WORLD TO COME, AND REDEMPTION.
- CHAPTER XXXIX. OF THE SIGNIFICATION IN SCRIPTURE OF THE WORD CHURCH.
- CHAPTER XL. OF THE RIGHTS OF THE KINGDOM OF GOD, IN ABRAHAM, MOSES, THE HIGH-PRIESTS, AND THE KINGS OF JUDAH.
- CHAPTER XLI. OF THE OFFICE OF OUR BLESSED SAVIOUR.
- CHAPTER XLII. OF POWER ECCLESIASTICAL.
- CHAPTER XLIII. OF WHAT IS NECESSARY FOR A MAN’S RECEPTION INTO THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN.
- PART IV. OF THE KINGDOM OF DARKNESS.
- CHAPTER XLIV. OF SPIRITUAL DARKNESS, FROM MISINTERPRETATION OF SCRIPTURE.
- CHAPTER XLV. OF DEMONOLOGY, AND OTHER RELICS OF THE RELIGION OF THE GENTILES.
- CHAP. XLVI. OF DARKNESS FROM VAIN PHILOSOPHY, AND FABULOUS TRADITIONS.
- CHAPTER XLVII. OF THE BENEFIT THAT PROCEEDETH FROM SUCH DARKNESS, AND TO WHOM IT ACCRUETH.
- A REVIEW, AND CONCLUSION.
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