03007cam a22003373u 450000100060000000300070000600500170001300600020003000700050003200800410003704000110007804100170008905000060010610000310011224500720014326400510021530000470026633600260031333700260033933800360036550000310040150503130043250801890074552014790093453400510241365300400246470000410250485600620254585600430260799900190265077338UtSlPG20260610134806.0mcr n260607r20251839utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d  aUtSlPG 7aen2iso639-1 4aB1 aHobbes, Thomas,d1588-167914aThe English works of Thomas Hobbes of Malmesbury, Volume 06 (of 11) 1aSalt Lake City, UT :bProject Gutenberg,c2025  a1 online resource :bmultiple file formats  atextbtxt2rdacontent  acomputerbc2rdamedia  aonline resourcebcr2rdacarrier  aRelease date is 2025-11-260 aA dialogue between a philosopher and a student of the common laws of England -- Behemoth: the history of the causes of the civil wars of England -- The whole art of rhetoric -- The art of rhetoric, plainly set forth with pertinent examples for the more easy understanding of the same -- The art of sophistry.  aEmmanuel Ackerman, KD Weeks, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from images made available by the HathiTrust Digital Library.)  a"The English works of Thomas Hobbes of Malmesbury, Volume 06 (of 11) by Hobbes is a collection of political philosophy, legal dialogue, and rhetorical treatises written in the mid-17th century. The volume brings together Hobbes’s arguments about English law and sovereignty, his account of the civil wars, and practical texts on rhetoric and sophistry. Expect vigorous, systematic reasoning about the foundations of law, the prerogatives of the sovereign, and the power of persuasive speech.

The opening of the volume presents A Dialogue between a Philosopher and a Student of the Common Laws of England, a brisk debate over whether law rests on right reason or on the sovereign’s authority. The Philosopher disputes Coke’s “artificial reason,” insists that equity is right reason, and maintains that only sovereign power makes law effective and binding. The speakers contrast statute and common law, define justice as giving each his own, trace property to sovereign distribution, and defend the King’s right to command the militia and levy funds in necessity. They also separate crime from sin, law from right, and injustice from iniquity, then survey jurisdictions across King’s Bench, Common Pleas, Exchequer, Admiralty, and Chancery. Citing Bracton and Fleta, the exchange repeatedly affirms the sovereign as sole legislator and supreme judge, while recognizing equity’s role in correcting judicial error." (This is an automatically generated summary.)  pOriginally published:cLondon: John Bohn, 1839  aPhilosophy, English -- 17th century1 aMolesworth, William, Sir,d1810-18554 uhttps://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.3901500430340340uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77338  c118058d118058