02326nam 22004213u 450 991078905120332120230124192541.01-77556-934-9(CKB)3710000000076241(EBL)441243(OCoLC)493324466(MiAaPQ)EBC441243(EXLCZ)99371000000007624120140804d2009|||| u|| |engur|n|---|||||Leviathan[electronic resource] The Matter, Forme, & Power of a Common-Wealth Ecclesiastical and CivillAuckland The Floating Press20091 online resource (982 p.)Description based upon print version of record.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 XXXVChapter 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 ConclusionThomas 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.PhilosophyPolitical sciencePolitics -- PhilosophyPhilosophy.Political science.Politics -- Philosophy.192.9Hobbes Thomas140545AU-PeELAU-PeELAU-PeELBOOK9910789051203321Leviathan19229UNINA