Thomas Hobbes' Translations of Homer
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3937453 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Geoffrey B Riddehough (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1958 |
| Volume | 12 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 58 |
| Publication date | 1958-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Phoenix (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0031-8299 • E-ISSN: 1929-4883 |
| Publisher | JSTOR (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/1086521 |
| OpenAlex | W2326908761 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
Hobbes has given us a correct explanation of the sense in general, but for particulars and circumstances, he continually lops them, and often omits the most beautiful. As for its being esteemed a close translation, I doubt not many have been led into that error by the shortness of it, which proceeds from his not following the original line by line, but from the contractions above mentioned. He sometimes omits whole similes and sentences, and is now and then guilty of mistakes, into which no writer of his learning could have fallen, but through carelessness. His poetry ... is too mean for
Epistemology · Law and economics · Sociology · Classical Philosophy and Thought · Philosophy · Seventeenth-Century Political and Philosophical Thought
| Unique citing works | 4 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,14 |
| Citation span | 1997 - 2025 (29) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |