Leviathan (Penguin Classics)

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Description: "During the time men live without a common Power to keep them all in awe, they are in that condition which is called Warre" Written during the turmoil of the English Civil War, Leviathan is an ambitious and highly original work of political philosophy. Claiming that man's essential nature is competitive and selfish, Hobbes formulates the case for a powerful sovereign—or "Leviathan"—to enforce peace and the law, substituting security for the anarchic freedom he believed human beings would otherwise experience. This worldview shocked many of Hobbes's contemporaries, and his work was publicly burnt for se ... (more)

Manufacturer: Penguin Classics
Release date: 25 February 1982
ISBN-10 : 0140431950 | ISBN-13: 9780140431957

Tags: Philosophy (2), Sociology (2), Politics (1), History (1), College (1)

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"Written by: Thomas Hobbes Published: 1851 Number of pages: 468 “I often observe the absurdity of dreams, but never dream of the absurdity of my waking thoughts.” "

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