First published in 1977 this book concentrates on Hobbes' ethical and political theory. With a new preface especially for this re-issue, which brings together recent scholarship on Hobbes, this book also includes a new, critical bibliography.
First published in 1960, The Paradox of Tragedy raises the fundamental question, why do we enjoy tragic drama with its themes of death and disaster? D. D. Raphael offers a new theory of Tragedy, as a conflict between two forms of the sublime.