Titles Translated by Thomas Hobbes

1588 – 1679

Thomas Hobbes (1588-1679) was an English philosopher who lived during the English Revolution. He is most famous for his work of political philosophy The Leviathan.

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The English Works, vol. VIII (The Peloponnesian War Part I)

Thucydides

The English Works, vol. IX (The Peloponnesian War Part II)

Thucydides

The English Works, vol. X (Iliad and Odyssey)

Homer

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