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Authority and Liberty in the Writings of Robert Filmer and Thomas Hobbes
This List Is By:
Liberty Fund Staff
Liberty Fund, Inc., Indianapolis, Indiana
This Reading List was prepared by the Conference Director Eric Mack, Professor of Philosophy, Tulane University, New Orleans. Other reading Lists and Study Guides prepared by Professor Mack include the following:
- An Introduction to the Political Thought of John Locke
- James Tyrrell on Authority and Liberty
- Reading List: Locke on Toleration: Locke’s A Letter Concerning Toleration
- Essay: Locke on Toleration: Locke’s A Letter Concerning Toleration
Session I: Filmer’s Patriarchal Theory - Patriarcha Chapter 1
Sir Robert Filmer, Patriarcha; of the Natural Power of Kings. By the Learned Sir Robert Filmer Baronet (London: Richard Chiswell, 1680). Chapter: CHAP I.: That the first Kings were Fathers of Families.
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Session II: Filmer on Sovereignty - Patriarcha Chapter 2
Sir Robert Filmer, Patriarcha; of the Natural Power of Kings. By the Learned Sir Robert Filmer Baronet (London: Richard Chiswell, 1680). Chapter: CHAP. II.: It is unnatural for the People to Govern, or Chose Governours.
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Session III (A): Hobbes on the State of Nature
Thomas Hobbes, Hobbes’s Leviathan reprinted from the edition of 1651 with an Essay by the Late W.G. Pogson Smith (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1909). Chapter: THE INTRODUCTION .
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Session III (B): Hobbes on the State of Nature
Thomas Hobbes, Hobbes’s Leviathan reprinted from the edition of 1651 with an Essay by the Late W.G. Pogson Smith (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1909). Chapter: CHAP. V.: Of Reason , and Science .
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Session III (C): Hobbes on the State of Nature
Thomas Hobbes, Hobbes’s Leviathan reprinted from the edition of 1651 with an Essay by the Late W.G. Pogson Smith (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1909). Chapter: CHAP. VI.: Of the Interiour Beginnings of Voluntary Motions; commonly called the Passions . And the Speeches by which they are expressed .
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Session III (D): Hobbes on the State of Nature
Thomas Hobbes, Hobbes’s Leviathan reprinted from the edition of 1651 with an Essay by the Late W.G. Pogson Smith (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1909). Chapter: CHAP. XIII.: Of the Naturall Condition of Mankind, as concerning their Felicity, and Misery .
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Session III (E): Hobbes on the State of Nature
Thomas Hobbes, Hobbes’s Leviathan reprinted from the edition of 1651 with an Essay by the Late W.G. Pogson Smith (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1909). Chapter: CHAP. XIV.: Of the first and second Naturall Lawes , and of Contracts .
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Session III (F): Hobbes on the State of Nature
Thomas Hobbes, Hobbes’s Leviathan reprinted from the edition of 1651 with an Essay by the Late W.G. Pogson Smith (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1909). Chapter: CHAP. XV.: Of other Lawes of Nature .
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Session IV (A): Hobbes on the Rights of the Sovereign
Thomas Hobbes, Hobbes’s Leviathan reprinted from the edition of 1651 with an Essay by the Late W.G. Pogson Smith (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1909). Chapter: CHAP. XVII.: Of the Causes, Generation, and Definition of a Common - Wealth .
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Session IV (B): Hobbes on the Rights of the Sovereign
Thomas Hobbes, Hobbes’s Leviathan reprinted from the edition of 1651 with an Essay by the Late W.G. Pogson Smith (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1909). Chapter: CHAP. XVIII.: Of the Rights of Soveraignes by Institution .
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Session IV (C): Hobbes on the Rights of the Sovereign
Thomas Hobbes, Hobbes’s Leviathan reprinted from the edition of 1651 with an Essay by the Late W.G. Pogson Smith (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1909). Chapter: CHAP. XIX.: Of the severall Kinds of Common-wealth by Institution, and of Succession to the Soveraigne Power .
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Session IV (D): Hobbes on the Rights of the Sovereign
Thomas Hobbes, Hobbes’s Leviathan reprinted from the edition of 1651 with an Essay by the Late W.G. Pogson Smith (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1909). Chapter: CHAP. XX.: Of Dominion Paternall , and Despoticall .
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Session IV (E): Hobbes on the Rights of the Sovereign
Thomas Hobbes, Hobbes’s Leviathan reprinted from the edition of 1651 with an Essay by the Late W.G. Pogson Smith (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1909). Chapter: CHAP. XXI.: Of the Liberty of Subjects .
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Session IV (F): Hobbes on the Rights of the Sovereign
Thomas Hobbes, Hobbes’s Leviathan reprinted from the edition of 1651 with an Essay by the Late W.G. Pogson Smith (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1909). Chapter: CHAP. XXVIII.: Of Punishments , and Rewards .
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Session V (A): Hobbes on Law
Thomas Hobbes, Hobbes’s Leviathan reprinted from the edition of 1651 with an Essay by the Late W.G. Pogson Smith (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1909). Chapter: CHAP. XXVI.: Of Civill Lawes .
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Session V (B): Hobbes on Law
Thomas Hobbes, Hobbes’s Leviathan reprinted from the edition of 1651 with an Essay by the Late W.G. Pogson Smith (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1909). Chapter: CHAP. XXIX.: Of those things that Weaken, or tend to the Dissolution of a Common-wealth .
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Session V (C): Hobbes on Law
Thomas Hobbes, Hobbes’s Leviathan reprinted from the edition of 1651 with an Essay by the Late W.G. Pogson Smith (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1909). Chapter: CHAP. XXX.: Of the Office of the Soveraign Representative .
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Session VI (A): Hobbes on Sovereignty and Religion
Thomas Hobbes, Hobbes’s Leviathan reprinted from the edition of 1651 with an Essay by the Late W.G. Pogson Smith (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1909). Chapter: CHAP. XXXI.: Of the Kingdome of God by Nature .
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Session VI (B): Hobbes on Sovereignty and Religion
Thomas Hobbes, Hobbes’s Leviathan reprinted from the edition of 1651 with an Essay by the Late W.G. Pogson Smith (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1909). Chapter: CHAP. XXXII.: Of the Principles of Christian Politiques .
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Session VI (C): Hobbes on Sovereignty and Religion
Thomas Hobbes, Hobbes’s Leviathan reprinted from the edition of 1651 with an Essay by the Late W.G. Pogson Smith (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1909). Chapter: CHAP. XXXIII.: Of the Number, Antiquity, Scope, Authority, and Interpreters of the Books of Holy Scripture .
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Session VI (D): Hobbes on Sovereignty and Religion
Thomas Hobbes, Hobbes’s Leviathan reprinted from the edition of 1651 with an Essay by the Late W.G. Pogson Smith (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1909). Chapter: CHAP. XXXIX.: Of the signification in Scripture of the word Church .
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Session VI (E): Hobbes on Sovereignty and Religion
Thomas Hobbes, Hobbes’s Leviathan reprinted from the edition of 1651 with an Essay by the Late W.G. Pogson Smith (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1909). Chapter: CHAP. XL.: Of the Rights of the Kingdome of God, in Abraham, Moses, the High Priests, and the Kings of Judah.
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Session VI (F): Hobbes on Sovereignty and Religion
Thomas Hobbes, Hobbes’s Leviathan reprinted from the edition of 1651 with an Essay by the Late W.G. Pogson Smith (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1909). Chapter: CHAP. XLIII.: Of what is Necessary for a Mans Reception into the Kingdome of Heaven .
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