It was as a political thinker that Thomas Hobbes first came to prominence, and it is as a political theorist that he is most studied today. Yet the range of his writings extends well beyond morals and politics. Hobbes had distinctive views in metaphysics and epistemology, and wrote about such subjects as history, law, and religion. He also produced full-scale treatises in physics, optics, and geometry. All of these areas are covered in this Companion, most in considerable detail. The volume also reflects the multidisciplinary nature of current Hobbes scholarship by drawing together perspectives that are now being developed in parallel by philosophers, historians of science and mathematics, intellectual historians, political scientists, and literary theorists.

-Comprehensive, systematic and accessible
- Presents a much broader picture of Hobbes than is found in current literature where the focus is usually on Hobbes`s political writings
- Reflects a multidisciplinary approach to Hobbes, embracing the work of philosophers, political scientists, historians of science and ideas, theologians, and literary theorists