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belhumph's review against another edition
1.0
Incomprehensible, some people shouldn't speak. How can I unpublish this work?
selaadin's review against another edition
4.0
I don't agree with many of Hobbes' views or proposals when it comes to what a civilisation should be like, but I do firmly believe that this is a great philosophical text to read to expand one's horizons in the area. I don't believe the language is too hard, and after you get through the first chapters where he just lists lots of terms and defines them convolutedly, it gets very interesting. The interwoven Christian ideology is absolutely fascinating for anyone who doesn't know it too well, which I didn't too much, though I wouldn't use this as a primary source to explain it; it's more of an interesting interpretation of it. But yes, definitely a very good read: long, but satisfying and interesting throughout!
eb00kie's review against another edition
challenging
reflective
slow-paced
4.0
For volunteering to read the free Librivox edition, warm thanks to Carl Manchester, hugh mac, Anna Simon, Sibella Denton, Gesine, Darren L. Slider, hefyd, Leon Mire, D.E. Wittkower, Nikki Sullivan, Kirsten Ferreri, Arouet, Smokey B., Ransom, Cicorée, Nicholas James Bridgewater, David Higham, Ashwin Jain, David Higham, Nacelle Droll, Ashwin Jain, Geoffrey Edwards, Jessica Louise and Jamie Ash Young.
Extensive and well-argumented, with an emphasis on religion and religion being the natural law - also fairly vague at times, more theory than practice. Fairly hard to digest, currently going over the SparkNotes.
Extensive and well-argumented, with an emphasis on religion and religion being the natural law - also fairly vague at times, more theory than practice. Fairly hard to digest, currently going over the SparkNotes.
el_le94's review against another edition
3.0
Hobbes inizia la sua riflessione da un’ipotesi estrema: in natura c’è una moltitudine di individui, privi di qualunque legame tra di loro. Il conflitto nasce in virtù del fatto che quando un individuo sfrutta una possibilità, ne priva qualcun altro: il cosmo, infatti, non è in grado di soddisfare il desiderio di tutti perché le risorse non sono illimitate. È da qui che nasce il conflitto. In altre parole, egli parte dall’idea che in natura c’è una moltitudine di individui uguali, con le stesse capacità. Ed è proprio in virtù di questa uguaglianza, da questo jus naturale – diritto di natura, ossia “la libertà che ciascuno possiede di usare il proprio potere nel senso che vuole, allo scopo di preservare la propria natura, cioè la sua vita, e conseguentemente di fare qualunque cosa che, secondo il giudizio e la ragione, gli sembra essere il mezzo più adatto a realizzare quel fine”, il diritto di tutti a tutto – che si origina il conflitto endemico, la guerra di tutti contro tutti, poiché ognuno ha, per natura, diritto ad ogni cosa.
binstonbirchill's review against another edition
1.0
While this is an important work (mainly because of when it was written) it is by no means a pleasant read. Hobbs decides to describe the meaning of basically everything he touches upon and in a drawn out mind-numbing manner. There are plenty of legalistic areas touched upon that you can see the remnants of today but the interesting parts are always shrouded by unnecessary excessive detail.