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Record Nr.

UNINA9910464618803321

Autore

Hobbes Thomas

Titolo

Leviathan [[electronic resource] ] : The Matter, Forme, & Power of a Common-Wealth Ecclesiastical and Civill

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Auckland, : The Floating Press, 2009

ISBN

1-77556-934-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (982 p.)

Disciplina

192.9

Soggetti

Philosophy

Political science

Politics -- Philosophy

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Title; Contents; Dedication; The Introduction; PART I OF MAN; Chapter I; Chapter II; Chapter III; Chapter IV; Chapter V; Chapter VI; Chapter VII; Chapter VIII; Chapter IX; Chapter X; Chapter XI; Chapter XII; Chapter XIII; Chapter XIV; Chapter XV; Chapter XVI; PART II OF COMMONWEALTH; Chapter XVII; Chapter XVIII; Chapter XIX; Chapter XX; Chapter XXI; Chapter XXII; Chapter XXIII; Chapter XXIV; Chapter XXV; Chapter XXVI; Chapter XXVII; Chapter XXVIII; Chapter XXIX; Chapter XXX; Chapter XXXI; PART III OF A CHRISTIAN COMMON-WEALTH; Chapter XXXII; Chapter XXXIII; Chapter XXXIV; Chapter XXXV

Chapter XXXVIChapter XXXVII; Chapter XXXVIII; Chapter XXXIX; Chapter XL; Chapter XLI; Chapter XLII; Chapter XLIII; PART IV OF THE KINGDOME OF DARKNESSE; Chapter XLIV; Chapter XLV; Chapter XLVI; Chapter XLVII; A Review, and Conclusion

Sommario/riassunto

Thomas Hobbes' Leviathan , from 1651, is one of the first and most influential arguments towards social contract. Written in the midst of the English Civil War, it concerns the structure of government and society and argues for strong central governance and the rule of an absolute sovereign as the way to avoid civil war and chaos.