Thomas Hobbes: Translations of Homer : The Iliad and the Odyssey

ISBN-13: 9780199262144 / Angielski / Twarda / 2008 / 848 str.

Eric Nelason; Eric Nelson

Opis

Eric Nelson presents a critical edition of the translations of Homer's Iliad and Odyssey composed by the great 17th century philosopher and political theorist Thomas Hobbes. Nelson shows that these translations are not only of great literary interest but offer special insights into Hobbes's own thought.

Recenzje

We are lucky to have the poems so intelligently annotated and eruditely introduced; Eric Nelson's edition is an impressive achievement.

O autorze

Eric Nelson is Assistant Professor of Government at Harvard University, and author of The Greek Tradition in Republican Thought (Cambridge University Press, 2004).