Robert Filmer - List of Works

List of Works

  • Of the Blasphemie against the Holy Ghost (1647)
  • The Free-holders Grand Inquest (1648)
  • The Anarchy of a Limited or Mixed Monarchy (1648)
  • The Necessity of the Absolute Power of All Kings (1648)
  • Observations Concerning the Originall of Government, upon Mr Hobs Leviathan, Mr Milton against Salmasius, H. Grotius De Jure Belli (1652)
  • Observations Upon Aristotles Politiques concerning Forms of Government, Together with Directions for Obedience to Gouvernors in dangerous and doubtfull times (1652)
  • Patriarcha (1680)

There are two modern editions of the complete works of Filmer:

  • Filmer: Patriarcha and Other Writing, edited by Johann P. Sommerville (Cambridge University Press, 1991).
  • Patriarcha and other political works of Sir Robert Filmer, edited by Peter Laslett (B. Blackwell, 1949).

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