Published in 2023
128 pages
Hannah Dawson holds a joint appointment in the Schools of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences and of History and Classics at the University of Edinburgh. Before this she held a Junior Research Fellowship at Queen’s College, Cambridge, where she was also Director of Studies in Philosophy. She has published several books and articles for journals.
What is this book about?
Essential life lessons from Thomas Hobbes, England’s greatest political thinker, brought to you by distinguished academic Hannah Dawson
Thomas Hobbes was an English philosopher. Born in Wiltshire in 1588, his masterpiece, Leviathan, established the foundation for Western political thought and inspired both hate and awe. He revealed the darker side of human nature and the value of authority. But he also showed us how to flourish, how to be fearless and free, so that our lives need not be ‘nasty, brutish and short’. Here you will find insights from his greatest work.
The Life Lessons series from The School of Life takes a great thinker and highlights those ideas most relevant to ordinary, everyday dilemmas. These books emphasize ways in which wise voices from the past have urgently important and inspiring things to tell us
