Timothy Raylor
Biographic Data
| ID | 5441241 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Timothy Raylor |
| GIVEN NAMES | Timothy |
| FAMILY NAME | Raylor |
| SIGNATURE | RAYLOR T |
| AFFILIATIONS | Carleton College |
| ORCID | 0009-0002-9796-2101 |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 15 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 13 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 15 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1991 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Philosophy and Rhetoric in Leviathan
This paper is a contribution to a special issue of Hobbes Studies considering Quentin Skinner’s Reason and Rhetoric in the Philosophy of Hobbes at thirty. One of the central claims of Skinner’s book is that, having rejected humanist methods of composition based on the manipulation of rhetorical proofs for a method of purely philosophical reasoning founded on demonstrative certainty, Hobbes later reversed himself, effecting a rapprochement between…
The Leviathan Table of Sciences and Newcastle’s Queries
Taking up Noel Malcolm’s suggestion that, rather being than an integral part of the conception of the work, the table of sciences featured in Chapter 9 of Leviathan was included because Hobbes had it to hand, having perhaps prepared it for William Cavendish, Marquess of Newcastle, this article establishes the raising of queries for clients to settle as a standard practice within the Cavendish Circle, and argues that the table was likely Hobbes’s …
Politics, Patronage, and Poetics in Hobbes’s Homer
Progress Report on the Clarendon Edition of “De corpore” and Related Manuscripts
Hobbes and the Hardwick Digests
Three student digests of uncertain origin have been identified among the Hobbes manuscripts now at Chatsworth. This article describes the physical composition and contents of the manuscripts, identifies their textual sources, adds two previously unnoticed digests to the gathering, and offers some suggestions about their character, likely dates, and provenance
Mortal Gods
The Anglican Attack on Hobbes in Paris, 1651
About the circumstances surrounding Hobbes's dismissal from Charles's court and his subsequent departure from Paris at the end of 1651 we know little. While recent scholarship has clarified the broad outline of events, fresh evidence allows us to add some detail, showing that Leviathan was attacked in a sermon delivered by Richard Steward in the Anglican chapel of Sir Richard Browne, thus confirming Hobbes's claim for the involvement of the Angli…
The Cambridge Companion to Writing of the English Revolution
N. H. Keeble, ed. The Cambridge Companion to Writing of the English Revolution. (Cambridge Companions to Literature.) Cambridge, United Kingdom: Cambridge University Press, 2001. xxii + 296 pp. illus. index. 21.95 (pbk). ISBN: 0-521-64252-3 (cl), 0-521-64522-0 (pbk). - Volume 56 Issue 3
Hobbes, Payne, and a Short Tract on First Principles
An argument has erupted in recent years over the authorship of A short tract on first principles , a manuscript treatise traditionally regarded as the first philosophical work of Hobbes. Some have denied that it was Hobbes 's work, while others have insisted that it is. Among rival candidates, the prime suspect is Robert Payne, chaplain to the Cavendish family of Welbeck Abbey. This article offers a fresh assessment of the evidence for authorship…
Thomas Hobbes and ‘The Mathematical Demonstration of the Sword’
IAmong the Harleian manuscripts in the British Library sits a brief treatise entitled 'The mathematical demonstration of the sword' (MS 5219). The text of this little tract covers a mere seven pages, with two pages of printed diagrams. It sets about a mechanical analysis of the relative force of two swords pressing against one another, with a view to providing new principles for use in attack and defence. The treatise has attracted little attenti…
Pleasure Reconciled to Virtue
The iconography of Bolsover Castle is much appreciated but little understood. This is because we have not recognized its dynamic, theatrical character, which centers on — indeed, implies the presence of its seventeenth-century owner, William Cavendish, duke of Newcastle. Read in terms of Cavendish's self-conception as a figure of patriachal authority and Herculean passions, the castle emerges as a witty apologia for its owner — and perhaps even a…
A Manuscript Poem on the Royal Progress of 1634
(1994). A MANUSCRIPT POEM ON THE ROYAL PROGRESS OF 1634: AN EDITION AND TRANSLATION OF JOHN WESTWOOD'S ‘CARMEN BASILEUPORION’. The Seventeenth Century: Vol. 9, No. 2, pp. 173-195
Providence and technology in the English Civil War
Providence and Technology in the English Civil War
Opera and Obedience
(1991). OPERA AND OBEDIENCE: THOMAS HOBBES AND A PROPOSITION FOR ADVANCEMENT OF MORALITIE BY SIR WILLIAM DAVENANT. The Seventeenth Century: Vol. 6, No. 2, pp. 205-250
Opera and Obedience
(1991). OPERA AND OBEDIENCE: THOMAS HOBBES AND A PROPOSITION FOR ADVANCEMENT OF MORALITIE BY SIR WILLIAM DAVENANT. The Seventeenth Century: Vol. 6, No. 2, pp. 205-250
Pleasure Reconciled to Virtue
The iconography of Bolsover Castle is much appreciated but little understood. This is because we have not recognized its dynamic, theatrical character, which centers on — indeed, implies the presence of its seventeenth-century owner, William Cavendish, duke of Newcastle. Read in terms of Cavendish's self-conception as a figure of patriachal authority and Herculean passions, the castle emerges as a witty apologia for its owner — and perhaps even a…
The Anglican Attack on Hobbes in Paris, 1651
About the circumstances surrounding Hobbes's dismissal from Charles's court and his subsequent departure from Paris at the end of 1651 we know little. While recent scholarship has clarified the broad outline of events, fresh evidence allows us to add some detail, showing that Leviathan was attacked in a sermon delivered by Richard Steward in the Anglican chapel of Sir Richard Browne, thus confirming Hobbes's claim for the involvement of the Angli…
Opera and Obedience
(1991). OPERA AND OBEDIENCE: THOMAS HOBBES AND A PROPOSITION FOR ADVANCEMENT OF MORALITIE BY SIR WILLIAM DAVENANT. The Seventeenth Century: Vol. 6, No. 2, pp. 205-250
Providence and technology in the English Civil War
Providence and Technology in the English Civil War
A Manuscript Poem on the Royal Progress of 1634
(1994). A MANUSCRIPT POEM ON THE ROYAL PROGRESS OF 1634: AN EDITION AND TRANSLATION OF JOHN WESTWOOD'S ‘CARMEN BASILEUPORION’. The Seventeenth Century: Vol. 9, No. 2, pp. 173-195
Pleasure Reconciled to Virtue
The iconography of Bolsover Castle is much appreciated but little understood. This is because we have not recognized its dynamic, theatrical character, which centers on — indeed, implies the presence of its seventeenth-century owner, William Cavendish, duke of Newcastle. Read in terms of Cavendish's self-conception as a figure of patriachal authority and Herculean passions, the castle emerges as a witty apologia for its owner — and perhaps even a…
Thomas Hobbes and ‘The Mathematical Demonstration of the Sword’
IAmong the Harleian manuscripts in the British Library sits a brief treatise entitled 'The mathematical demonstration of the sword' (MS 5219). The text of this little tract covers a mere seven pages, with two pages of printed diagrams. It sets about a mechanical analysis of the relative force of two swords pressing against one another, with a view to providing new principles for use in attack and defence. The treatise has attracted little attenti…
Hobbes, Payne, and a Short Tract on First Principles
An argument has erupted in recent years over the authorship of A short tract on first principles , a manuscript treatise traditionally regarded as the first philosophical work of Hobbes. Some have denied that it was Hobbes 's work, while others have insisted that it is. Among rival candidates, the prime suspect is Robert Payne, chaplain to the Cavendish family of Welbeck Abbey. This article offers a fresh assessment of the evidence for authorship…
The Cambridge Companion to Writing of the English Revolution
N. H. Keeble, ed. The Cambridge Companion to Writing of the English Revolution. (Cambridge Companions to Literature.) Cambridge, United Kingdom: Cambridge University Press, 2001. xxii + 296 pp. illus. index. 21.95 (pbk). ISBN: 0-521-64252-3 (cl), 0-521-64522-0 (pbk). - Volume 56 Issue 3
The Anglican Attack on Hobbes in Paris, 1651
About the circumstances surrounding Hobbes's dismissal from Charles's court and his subsequent departure from Paris at the end of 1651 we know little. While recent scholarship has clarified the broad outline of events, fresh evidence allows us to add some detail, showing that Leviathan was attacked in a sermon delivered by Richard Steward in the Anglican chapel of Sir Richard Browne, thus confirming Hobbes's claim for the involvement of the Angli…
Mortal Gods
Hobbes and the Hardwick Digests
Three student digests of uncertain origin have been identified among the Hobbes manuscripts now at Chatsworth. This article describes the physical composition and contents of the manuscripts, identifies their textual sources, adds two previously unnoticed digests to the gathering, and offers some suggestions about their character, likely dates, and provenance
Progress Report on the Clarendon Edition of “De corpore” and Related Manuscripts
Politics, Patronage, and Poetics in Hobbes’s Homer
The Leviathan Table of Sciences and Newcastle’s Queries
Taking up Noel Malcolm’s suggestion that, rather being than an integral part of the conception of the work, the table of sciences featured in Chapter 9 of Leviathan was included because Hobbes had it to hand, having perhaps prepared it for William Cavendish, Marquess of Newcastle, this article establishes the raising of queries for clients to settle as a standard practice within the Cavendish Circle, and argues that the table was likely Hobbes’s …
Philosophy and Rhetoric in Leviathan
This paper is a contribution to a special issue of Hobbes Studies considering Quentin Skinner’s Reason and Rhetoric in the Philosophy of Hobbes at thirty. One of the central claims of Skinner’s book is that, having rejected humanist methods of composition based on the manipulation of rhetorical proofs for a method of purely philosophical reasoning founded on demonstrative certainty, Hobbes later reversed himself, effecting a rapprochement between…
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