Thomas Hobbes Biography and Timeline — Page 2

Examinatio et Emendatio Mathematicae Hodiernae

Hobbes publishes Examinatio et Emendatio Mathematicae Hodiernae in his extended mathematical controversy with John Wallis.

Royal Pension after the Restoration

After the Restoration, Charles II receives his former tutor at court and grants Hobbes a royal pension.

Controversy with Robert Boyle

Hobbes enters a public controversy with Robert Boyle over air-pump experiments and the proper method of natural philosophy.

Role range: 1661-1662

Dialogus Physicus

Hobbes publishes Dialogus Physicus, engaging experimental natural philosophy and the work of Robert Boyle.

Considerations on His Reputation and Religion

Hobbes writes Considerations upon the Reputation, Loyalty, Manners, and Religion of Thomas Hobbes in response to critics.

Problemata Physica

Hobbes publishes Problemata Physica as part of his continuing work in natural philosophy.

Seven Philosophical Problems Presented to Charles II

Hobbes presents an English treatment of Seven Philosophical Problems to Charles II; it is printed only after Hobbes's death.

Commons Inquiry into Leviathan

The House of Commons orders consideration of writings associated with atheism and profaneness, including Hobbes's Leviathan.

De Principiis et Ratiocinatione Geometrarum

Hobbes publishes De Principiis et Ratiocinatione Geometrarum in his continuing mathematical disputes.

Behemoth Completed

Hobbes completes Behemoth, his dialogue-history of the causes and course of the English Civil War.

Latin Leviathan

Hobbes publishes a revised Latin edition of Leviathan with significant additions and alterations.

Quadratura Circuli and Cubatio Sphaerae

Hobbes publishes further geometrical work on squaring the circle and cubing the sphere.

Rosetum Geometricum

Hobbes publishes Rosetum Geometricum during his prolonged mathematical controversy.

Vita Carmine Expressa

Hobbes composes his Latin verse autobiography, Vita Carmine Expressa.

The Travels of Ulysses

Hobbes publishes a trial translation of Books Nine through Twelve of Homer's Odyssey as The Travels of Ulysses.

Homers Odysses

Hobbes publishes his complete English translation of Homer's Odyssey.

Homers Iliads in English

Hobbes publishes his complete English translation of Homer's Iliad.

The Iliads and Odysses of Homer

A collected edition of Hobbes's translations of the Iliad and Odyssey is published with his preface on heroic poetry.

Decameron Physiologicum

Hobbes publishes Decameron Physiologicum, ten dialogues on natural philosophy.

Death of Thomas Hobbes

Thomas Hobbes dies at Hardwick Hall.