Leviathan or The Matter, Forme and Power of a Common-Wealth Ecclesiasticall and Civil, commonly referred to as Leviathan, is a book written by Thomas Hobbes (1588-1679) and published in 1651 (revised Latin edition 1668). Its name derives from the biblical Leviathan. The work concerns the structure of society and legitimate government, and is regarded as one of the earliest and most influential examples of social contract theory. Leviathan ranks as a classic Western work on statecraft comparable to Machiavelli's The Prince. Written during the English Civil War (1642-1651), Leviathan argues for a social contract and rule by an absolute sovereign. Hobbes wrote that civil war and the brute situation of a state of nature ("the war of all against all") could only be avoided by strong, undivided government.
Leviathan
Thomas Hobbes
audiobookbookThe Political Works of Thomas Hobbes (4 Books in One Edition) : Leviathan, On the Citizen, The Elements of Law & Behemoth: The Long Parliament
Thomas Hobbes
bookLeviathan
Thomas Hobbes
audiobookbookThe Political Works of Thomas Hobbes (4 Books in One Edition) : Leviathan, On the Citizen, The Elements of Law & Behemoth: The Long Parliament
Thomas Hobbes
bookThe Elements of Law, Natural and Politic
Thomas Hobbes
bookThe Political Works of Thomas Hobbes (4 Books in One Edition) : Leviathan, On the Citizen, The Elements of Law & Behemoth: The Long Parliament
Thomas Hobbes
bookLeviathan : Philosophical Insights on Government, Society, and the Social Contract
Thomas Hobbes
bookLeviatán : O de la Materia, Forma y Poder de un Estado Eclesiástico y Civil
Thomas Hobbes
audiobookThe Empiricists. Сlassic collection. Illustrated : Concerning Human Understanding, Principles of Human Knowledge, Dialogues Concerning Natural Religio and others
Francis Bacon, Thomas Hobbes, John Locke, George Berkeley, David Hume, John Stuart Mill
bookThe Elements of Law, Natural and Politic
Thomas Hobbes
bookLeviathan
Thomas Hobbes
book
The Secret Garden - Audiobook
Frances Hodgson Burnett, Classic Audiobooks
audiobookThe Secret Garden
Frances Hodgson Burnett
audiobookbookThe Psammead Trilogy : Five Children and It, The Phoenix and the Carpet & The Story of the Amulet
Edith Nesbit
audiobookThe Other Side
Alfred Kubin
bookNada importa
Jesús Terrés
bookThings No One Else Can Teach Us
audiobookA Map of Betrayal
Ha Jin
audiobookPinquickle's Folly : The Buccaneers
R. A. Salvatore
audiobookRip van Winkle
Washington Irving
audiobookbookNanjing Requiem
Ha Jin
audiobookThe Corrections
Jonathan Franzen
audiobookEl talento de Mr. Ripley
Patricia Highsmith
audiobook