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1、TOMSORELLIntroductionHobbesmadehisnameastheauthorofabriefbookaboutcitizenlydutypublishedin1642.Initsvariouseditions,Decivebroughthisideasabouttheneedforundividedsovereigntytoawide,andmostlyadmiring,Continentalaudience.Similarideasinanearlier,unpub-lished,butwell-circulatedtrea
2、tiseofHobbes'scametothenoticeofmenofpoliticalinfluenceinEnglandin1640,sothathewasknown,inparliamentarycirclesatleast,asapoliticalthinkersomeyearsbeforeanyofhisworkhadgoneintoprint.Itisasapoliticaltheoristthatheisstillstudiedtoday.Hobbes'sLeviathanhaseclipsedDeciveastheofficial
3、statementofhistheory,butithasmuchincom-monwiththebookhepublishedin1642andthemanuscriptthathecirculatedin1640.ItisHobbes'spoliticaldoctrinethatcontinuestogetattention,andneweditionsofLeviathanarestillbeingissued.Hiswritings,however,rangefarbeyondmoralsandpolitics.Theypresentdis
4、tinctiveviewsinmetaphysicsandepistemology,andtheygobeyondphilosophyinthenarrowmodernsensea1together,toin-cludefull-scaletreatisesinphysics,optics,andgeometry.Hobbes'sthoughtextendstohistoryandhistoriography,tolaw,biblicalinter-pretation,andsomethinglikerationaltheology.Allofth
5、esesubjectsarerepresentedintheessaysthatfollow,mostinconsiderabledetail.OneaimofthevolumeistoofferamuchbroaderviewofHobbes;sintellectualpreoccupationsthanisusuallyavailabletotheEnglish-speakinggeneralreader.AnotheristobringtogetherthedifferentperspectivesonHobbesthatarenowbein
6、gdevelopedinparallelbyphilosophers,historiansofmathematicsandscience,historiansofearlymodernEngland,politicalscientists,andwritersonliterarystudies:currentscholarshiponHobbesismorethaneveramultidisci-plinaryenterprise.Itisalsointernational,involvingpeopleinmost1CambridgeCompan
7、ionsOnline©CambridgeUniversityPress,20062IntroductionEnglish-speakingcountriesandbeyond.French,Italian,German,andDutchscholarshavelongbeenattheleadingedgeofHobbesstudies,andsomeofthemarecontributorstothisbook.Hobbes'sinterestswereformedandpursuedthroughintellectualnetworkstowh
8、ichhegainedentryasamemberofthehouseholdofimportantEnglisharis
