The English Works of Thomas Hobbes of Malmesbury, vol. 7 of 11

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Author

Hobbes, Thomas, 1588-1679

Title

The English works of Thomas Hobbes of Malmesbury, Volume 07 (of 11)

Original Publication

London: John Bohn, 1839.

Credits

Emmanuel Ackerman, KD Weeks and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from images made available by the HathiTrust Digital Library.)

Language

English

LoC Class

B: Philosophy, Psychology, Religion

Subject

Philosophy, English -- 17th century

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 78674

Release Date

May 13, 2026

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.THE ENGLISH WORKS OF THOMAS HOBBES OF MALMESBURY;
2. 2.CONTENTS.
3. 3.SEVEN PHILOSOPHICAL PROBLEMS AND TWO PROPOSITIONS OF GEOMETRY. — TO THE KING. — CHAPTER I. PROBLEMS OF GRAVITY. — CHAPTER II. PROBLEMS OF TIDES. — CHAPTER III. PROBLEMS OF VACUUM. — CHAPTER IV. PROBLEMS OF HEAT AND LIGHT. — CHAPTER V. PROBLEMS OF HARD AND SOFT. — CHAPTER VI. PROBLEMS OF RAIN, WIND, AND OTHER WEATHER. — CHAPTER VII. PROBLEMS OF MOTION PERPENDICULAR, AND OBLIQUE; OF PRESSION AND PERCUSSION; REFLECTION AND REFRACTION; ATTRACTION AND REPULSION . — CHAPTER VIII. THE DELPHIC PROBLEM, OR DUPLICATION OF THE CUBE.
4. 4.DECAMERON PHYSIOLOGICUM;
5. 5.DECAMERON PHYSIOLOGICUM. — CHAPTER I. OF THE ORIGINAL OF NATURAL PHILOSOPHY. — CHAPTER II. OF THE PRINCIPLES AND METHOD OF NATURAL PHILOSOPHY. — CHAPTER III. OF VACUUM. — CHAPTER IV. OF THE SYSTEM OF THE WORLD. — CHAPTER V. OF THE MOTIONS OF WATER AND AIR. — CHAPTER VI. OF THE CAUSES AND EFFECTS OF HEAT AND COLD. — CHAPTER VII. OF HARD AND SOFT, AND OF THE ATOMS THAT FLY IN THE AIR. — CHAPTER VIII. OF GRAVITY AND GRAVITATION. — CHAPTER IX. OF THE LOADSTONE AND ITS POLES, AND WHETHER THEY SHOW THE LONGITUDE OF PLACES ON THE EARTH. — CHAPTER X. OF TRANSPARENCE, REFRACTION, AND OF THE POWER OF THE EARTH TO PRODUCE LIVING CREATURES.
6. 6.THE PROPORTION OF A STRAIGHT LINE TO HALF THE ARC OF A QUADRANT.
7. 7.SIX LESSONS TO THE PROFESSORS OF THE MATHEMATICS, — LESSON I. — LESSON II. — LESSON III. — LESSON IV. — LESSON V. — LESSON VI.
8. 8.ΣΤΙΓΜΑΙ — AN EXTRACT OF A LETTER CONCERNING THE GRAMMATICAL PART OF THE CONTROVERSY BETWEEN MR. HOBBES AND DR. WALLIS.
9. 9.THREE PAPERS PRESENTED TO THE ROYAL SOCIETY AGAINST DR. WALLIS.
10. 10.CONSIDERATIONS UPON THE ANSWER OF DOCTOR WALLIS TO THE THREE PAPERS OF MR. HOBBES. — TO THE LATTER PART OF THE FIRST PAPER. — TO THE SECOND PAPER. — TO THE THIRD PAPER.
11. 11.LETTERS AND OTHER PIECES. — I. A LETTER FROM MR. HOBBS TO MY MR. [2] — II. TO A FRIEND IN ENGLAND. — III. TO MY WORTHY FRIEND MR. GLEN. [3] — IV. LETTER TO SIR CHARLES CAVENDISH. [5] — V. LETTER TO MR. BEALE. [6] — VI. LETTER TO MR. OLDENBURG. [7] — VII. TO THE RIGHT HONOURABLE THE MARQUIS OF NEWCASTLE. [8] — VIII. TO THE KING’S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY THE HUMBLE PETITION OF THOMAS HOBBES [9]

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