Leviathan - Paperback
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Availability:In StockContributor:Thomas Hobbes, Christopher Brooke (Editor), Christopher Brooke (Introduction by)Publish date:2017-10-10Pages:688
Language:EnglishPublisher:Penguin ClassicsISBN-13:9780141395098ISBN-10:141395095UPC:9780141395098Book Category:Philosophy, Political ScienceBook Subcategory:Political, Political Process, History & TheorySize:7.70 x 5.10 x 1.20 inchesWeight:1.0009Product ID:SCEMJR7FWM
Leviathan
"During the time men live without a common Power to keep them all in awe, they are in that condition which is called Warre" Written during the turmoil of the English Civil War, Leviathan is an ambitious and highly original work of political philosophy. Claiming that man's essential nature is competitive and selfish, Hobbes formulates the case for a powerful sovereign--or "Leviathan"--to enforce...
Language:EnglishPublisher:Penguin ClassicsISBN-13:9780141395098ISBN-10:141395095UPC:9780141395098Book Category:Philosophy, Political ScienceBook Subcategory:Political, Political Process, History & TheorySize:7.70 x 5.10 x 1.20 inchesWeight:1.0009Product ID:SCEMJR7FWM
Thomas Hobbes (1588-1679) was born in Malmesbury. Entering Magdalen Hall, Oxford, in 1603, he took his degree in 1608 and became tutor to the eldest son of Lord Cavendish of Hardwick, afterwards the Earl of Devonshire; his connection with this family was life-long. His first interest was in the classics, and his first published work a translation of Thucydides, in 1628. An interest in science and...
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