Leviathan

Thomas Hobbes

Mai 2020 · Open Road Media

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The seventeenth-century work of political philosophy that brought us the concept of the social contract.

Considered by many to be as influential and provocative as Machiavelli’s The Prince, Thomas Hobbes’s Leviathan, written during the English Civil War, argues that only a people united under a strong sovereign can resist the forces of chaos.
Exploring such concepts as the state of nature and the need to escape it, the value of a commonwealth, the advantages of a monarchy, and the role of religion in civil society, Leviathan is a controversial and challenging landmark in the history of political thought.

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Thomas Hobbes (1588–1679) was an English philosopher, considered to be one of the founders of modern political philosophy. He is best known for his 1651 book Leviathan, which expounded an influential formulation of social contract theory. Hobbes also contributed to a diverse array of other fields, including history, jurisprudence, geometry, physics, theology, and ethics.