Strongly apologetic: the author defends Hobbes against allegations of atheism, materialism and absolutism. The whole argument is difficult to follow for laymen. This book seems more a reckoning with the author's colleagues. The notion of power is not touched upon at all.

Hobbes is eig zo een real one

The book assumed a level of knowledge of other philosophers and philosophical ideas, which I did not have. This made parts of the chapters on Hobbes's life and some elements of the 'Interpretations of Hobbes' chapter a little hard to fully comprehend. The section on Hobbes's life also felt as though it went on for longer than was really necessary. However, the largest segment (around 2/3 of the book), on Hobbes's work, was really interesting, as was the 'Interpretations of Hobbes', despite my not completely grasping the significance of some of the wider philosophical contexts.