Leviathan: Or the Matter, Form, and Power of a Commonwealth, Ecclesiastical and Civil by Thomas Hobbes

Leviathan: Or the Matter, Form, and Power of a Commonwealth, Ecclesiastical and Civil

Thomas Hobbes

23 hours, 17 minutes • first pub 1651 (editions)

nonfiction classics philosophy politics challenging informative reflective slow-paced
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The leviathan is the vast unity of the State. But how are unity, peace, and security to be attained? Hobbes' answer is sovereignty, but the resurgence of interest today in Leviathan is due less to its answers than its methods: Hobbes sees politics...

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