Spinoza's Critique of Hobbes

This newly translated work of Christian Lazzeri’s is a masterpiece of both interpretation and political philosophical reasoning. The depth, thoroughness, and fairness of the analysis of both Hobbes and Spinoza is such that the result is more a comparison than a critique. From now on, anyone working seriously on the political philosophy of Hobbes or Spinoza, and the era in which they wrote, will need to consult Lazzeri’s work. – Douglas Den Uyl, Resident Scholar - Liberty Fund
Christian Lazzeri’s 1998 master work offers a penetrating study of Hobbes’ political theory and how Spinoza both adopted and adapted it. This first English version, fluently translated by Nils F. Scott, adds invaluable insights concerning Spinoza’s supposed shift vis-à-vis the social contract between the TTP and TP. – Steven Barbone, San Diego State University

Christian Lazzeri is Professor Emeritus of Political Philosophy at Paris Nanterre University. His books include Droit, pouvoir et liberte (1998), Force et justice dans la politique de Pascal (1993), and the edited volumes Spinoza: Puissance et impuissance de la raison (1998), La reconnaissance aujourd’hui (2009), and Reconnaissance, identite et integration sociale (2009). He has published numerous translations and authored over one hundred articles in political philosophy, philosophy of science, and the philosophy of the social sciences.

Nils F. Schott is an academic translator and editor. With Alexandre Lefebvre, he co-edited Henri Bergson’s lectures on Freedom at the College de France (2024), Interpreting Bergson: Critical Essays (2019), and translated Vladimir Jankelevitch’s Henri Bergson (2015). With Hent de Vries, he edited Love and Forgiveness for a More Just World (2015). He has translated over twenty books in philosophy and related fields, including Laurent de Sutter’s Deleuze’s Philosophy of Law.

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