The Leviathan by Thomas Hobbes

The Leviathan

Leviathan #1-2

Thomas Hobbes

284 pages first pub 1651 (editions)

nonfiction philosophy
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Leviathan rigorously argues that civil peace and social unity are best achieved by the establishment of a commonwealth through social contract. Hobbes's ideal commonwealth is ruled by a sovereign power responsible for protecting the security of th...

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