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    Leviathan

    or The Matter, Form, and Power of a Commonwealth, Ecclesiastical and Civil

    by Thomas Hobbes ...
    Narrated by James Adams ...

    Unabridged

    23 hours 16 min

    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 as a science capable of the same axiomatic approach as geometry.Written during the turmoil of the English Civil War, Leviathan was, in Hobbes’ lifetime, ... Read more

    $31.95 USD

  • Leviathan

    {Illustrated}

    by Thomas Hobbes ...
    In Leviathan, Hobbes set out his doctrine of the foundation of states and legitimate governments – originating social contract theory. Leviathan was written during the English Civil War; much of the book is occupied with demonstrating the necessity of a strong central authority to avoid the evil of discord and civil war. Beginning from a mechanistic understanding of human beings and the passions, ... Read more

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  • Leviathan: PART II

    by Thomas Hobbes ...
    The finall Cause, End, or Designe of men, (who naturally love Liberty, and Dominion over others,) in the introduction of that restraint upon themselves, (in which wee see them live in Common-wealths,) is the foresight of their own preservation, and of a more contented life thereby; that is to say, of getting themselves out from that miserable condition of Warre, which is necessarily consequent (as ... Read more

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  • Leviathan

    by Thomas Hobbes ...
    Leviathan is a book written by Thomas Hobbes. 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 ... Read more

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  • Leviathan

    by Thomas Hobbes ...
    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 ... Read more

    $6.78 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

    Also available as: Audiobooks

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  • Leviathan

    by Thomas Hobbes ...
    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 ... Read more

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  • Gateway to the Social Contract

    Selections from Thomas Hobbes' Leviathan, John Locke's Second Treastise on Government, and Jean-Jacques Rousseau's The Social Contract

    by Thomas Hobbes, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, John Locke ...
    Gateway to the Social Contract brings together a selection of writings from political theorists Thomas Hobbes, John Locke, and Jean-Jacques Rousseau exploring questions of political legitimacy and authority. With ideas ranging from authoritarian to anarchic, these authors continue to offer compelling insights into contemporary problems. ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

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  • Leviathan

    by Thomas Hobbes ...
    A key work by one of the founders of modern political philosophy, Leviathan was written in response to the horrors of the English Civil War in the early 17th century. Thomas Hobbes’ four-part philosophy on the benefits of commonwealth under a sovereign head of state was considered subversive and publicly burned on publication. The core argument that a strong government, led by a powerful ruler, is ... Read more

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    Leviathan

    by Thomas Hobbes ...
    Narrated by James Taylor, Cynthia Franklin ...

    Unabridged

    21 hours 59 min

    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 ... Read more

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  • Leviathan

    by Thomas Hobbes ...
    Thomas Hobbes’s political manifesto "Leviathan" (or, as it was originally titled: “Leviathan or The Matter, Forme and Power of a Common-Wealth Ecclesiastical and Civil", 1651) holds that a commonwealth with a social contract is the ideal way to govern a body of people.Hobbes argues that a sovereign power is best equipped to maintain peace and civic unity and that each of the nation’s citizens buys ... Read more

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  • Leviathan

    by Thomas Hobbes ...
    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 ... Read more

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  • Hobbes: On the Citizen

    by Thomas Hobbes ...
    Series series Cambridge Texts in the History of Political Thought
    De Cive (On the Citizen) is the first full exposition of the political thought of Thomas Hobbes, the greatest English political philosopher of all time. Professors Tuck and Silverthorne have undertaken the first complete translation since 1651, a rendition long thought (in error) to be at least sanctioned by Hobbes himself. On the Citizen is written in a clear, straightforward, expository style, ... Read more

    $34.99 USD