An edition of Leviathan: Or the Matter, Form, and Power of a Commonwealth Ecclesiastical and Civil (1651)

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An edition of Leviathan: Or the Matter, Form, and Power of a Commonwealth Ecclesiastical and Civil (1651)

Leviathan (Penguin Classics)

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The renowned work by the English political philosopher examines the structure of society and legitimate government, arguing for a social contract and rule by an absolute sovereign.

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Political science The State Early works to 1800 Sciences politiques État Ouvrages avant 1800 Nonfiction Politics Philosophy Politieke filosofie Science politique open_syllabus_project Political science -- Early works to 1800. State, The. State, the Political science, early works to 1800 Government General National Reference Essays Political science--early works to 1800 State Jc153 .h65 1998 320.1 Jc153 .h65 1994 Staatsfilosofie Hobbes, thomas Filosofia moderna Ciencia politica

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Thomas Hobbes (1588-1679)

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Leviathan
1998, Oxford University Press
in English
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Leviathan: authoritative text, backgrounds, interpretations
1997, W. W. Norton & Company
in English - 1st ed.
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Leviathan
1996, Cambridge University Press
in English - Rev. student ed.
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Leviathan: with selected variants from the Latin edition of 1668
1994, Hackett Pub. Co., Hackett Publishing Company, Hackett Pub Co Inc
in English
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Leviathan (Penguin Classics)
February 25, 1982, Penguin Classics
in English
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Leviathan
1968, Bobbs-Merrill
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Leviathan (The Pelican Classics)
December 30, 1968, Penguin (Non-Classics), Viking Pr
in English
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Leviathan: or, The matter, forme and power of a commonwealth, ecclesiasticall and civil
1946, B. Blackwell
in English
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Hobbes's Leviathan: reprinted from the edition of 1651
1909, Clarendon Press
in English
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Leviathan: or, The matter, forme and power of commonwealth, ecclesiasticall and civill.
1904, University Press
in English
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Leviathan: or, The matter, form, and power of a commonwealth ecclesiastical and civil
1894, G. Routledge and sons
in English - 4th. ed.

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Library of Congress
JC153, JC153 .H65 1986

Edition Identifiers

Open Library
OL7354751M
ISBN 10
0140431950
ISBN 13
9780140431957
OCLC/WorldCat
14440109, 230739869, 9548698
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2114
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91953

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OL653987W

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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.

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