------------------------------------------------------------------------ Transcriber’s Note: This version of the text cannot represent certain typographical effects. Italics are delimited with the ‘_’ character as _italic_. Footnotes have been moved to follow the paragraphs in which they are referenced. Minor errors, attributable to the printer, have been corrected. Please see the transcriber’s note at the end of this text for details regarding the handling of any textual issues encountered during its preparation. THE ENGLISH WORKS OF THOMAS HOBBES OF MALMESBURY; NOW FIRST COLLECTED AND EDITED BY SIR WILLIAM MOLESWORTH, BART. ------- VOL. VI. ------- LONDON: JOHN BOHN, HENRIETTA STREET, COVENT GARDEN. -- MDCCCXL. LONDON: C. RICHARDS, PRINTER, ST. MARTIN’S LANE. CONTENTS. A Dialogue between a Philosopher and a Student of the Common Laws of England 1 Behemoth: the History of the Causes of the Civil Wars of England 161 The Whole Art of Rhetoric 419 The Art of Rhetoric, plainly set forth with pertinent examples for the more easy understanding of the same 511 The Art of Sophistry 529 A DIALOGUE BETWEEN A PHILOSOPHER & A STUDENT OF THE COMMON LAWS OF ENGLAND. A DIALOGUE OF THE COMMON LAW. ========== [Sidenote: Of the law of reason.] _Lawyer._ What makes you say, that the study of the law is less rational than the study of the mathematics? _Philosopher._ I say not that; for all study is rational, or nothing worth: but I say, that the great masters of the _mathematics_ do not so often err as the great professors of the law. _L._ If you had applied your reason to the law, perhaps you would have been of another mind.