Leviathan by Thomas Hobbes, Crawford Brough Macpherson

736 pages first pub 1651 (editions)

nonfiction classics philosophy politics challenging informative reflective slow-paced
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'The life of man, solitary, poore, nasty, brutish, and short'Written during the chaos of the English Civil War, Thomas Hobbes' Leviathan asks how, in a world of violence and horror, can we stop ourselves from descending into anarchy? Hobbes' case ...

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Moods

challenging 76%
informative 57%
reflective 30%
dark 23%
mysterious 7%
sad 7%
tense 7%
adventurous 3%
funny 3%
inspiring 3%

Pace

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medium 15%

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