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Leviathan (1651) by: Thomas Hobbes

Leviathan (1651) by: Thomas Hobbes

Hobbes, Thomas

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ISBN10: 1974391396
ISBN13: 9781974391394
Publisher: Createspace
Published: Aug 9 2017
Pages: 300
Weight: 1.32
Height: 0.63 Width: 8.00 Depth: 10.00
Language: English
Leviathan or The Matter, Forme and Power of a Common Wealth Ecclesiasticall and Civil, commonly called Leviathan. It is titled after the biblical Leviathan. The book concerns the structure of society, as is evidenced by the full title. In the book, Thomas Hobbes argues for a social contract and rule by an absolute sovereign. Influenced by the English Civil War, Hobbes wrote that chaos or civil war could only be averted by strong central government. He thus denied any right of rebellion toward the social contract, which would be later added by John Locke and conserved by Jean-Jacques Rousseau. (However, Hobbes did discuss the possible dissolution of the State. Since the social contract was made to institute a state that would provide for the peace and defense of the people, the contract would become void as soon as the government no longer protected its citizens. By virtue of this fact, man would automatically return to the state of nature until a new contract is made).

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