An edition of Leviathan (1651)

Leviathan

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An edition of Leviathan (1651)

Leviathan

  • 3.36 ·
  • 11 Ratings
  • 198 Want to read
  • 16 Currently reading
  • 17 Have read

Thomas Hobbes wrote this definitive thesis on how to establish a manageable government. "Leviathan" is a treatise similar to Machiavelli's approach to the jurisdiction allowed to independent countries. Hobbes believed that the first principle of human conduct is self-interest, and this behavior is the base element of social confrontation. In order to maintain peace and uphold the law, a sovereign is needed to guard the people's safety and punish anyone who breaks the regulations. The sovereign is one power, not a division of controlling elements. The commonwealth he commands can only be built by force or agreement. When the government has such power, the individual citizen can allocate his time and energy to serving the needs of his family and satisfying the requirements of a good administration. This same system also allows the privilege of self-defense but not aggression. Hobbes surmised the God's natural law is an education of rational enlightenment which influences all situations.Please Note: This book is easy to read in true text, not scanned images that can sometimes be difficult to decipher. The Microsoft eBook has a contents page linked to the chapter headings for easy navigation. The Adobe eBook has bookmarks at chapter headings and is printable up to two full copies per year. Both versions are text searchable.

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Leviathan
2004, NuVision Publications
eBook in English
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Leviathan: authoritative text, backgrounds, interpretations
1997, W. W. Norton & Company
in English - 1st ed.
Cover of: Leviathan, or, The matter, forme and power of a commonwealth ecclesiasticall and civil
Leviathan, or, The matter, forme and power of a commonwealth ecclesiasticall and civil
1997, Simon & Schuster
in English - 1st Touchstone ed.
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Leviathan
1996, Cambridge University Press
in English - Rev. student ed.
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Leviathan: with selected variants from the Latin edition of 1668
1994, Hackett Pub. Co., Hackett Publishing Company, Hackett Pub Co Inc
in English
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Leviathan
1968, Bobbs-Merrill
Cover of: Leviathan (The Pelican Classics)
Leviathan (The Pelican Classics)
December 30, 1968, Penguin (Non-Classics), Viking Pr
in English
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Cover of: Hobbes's Leviathan
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OL24295823M
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1595472347
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70006679
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Thomas Hobbes' Leviathan, from 1651, is one of the first and most influential arguments towards social contract. Written in the midst of the English Civil War, it concerns the structure of government and society and argues for strong central governance and the rule of an absolute sovereign as the way to avoid civil war and chaos.

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