| Leviathan Contributor(s): Hobbes, Thomas (Author) |
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ISBN: 1494240815 ISBN-13: 9781494240813 Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform OUR PRICE: $19.23 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: November 2013 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Philosophy | Political - Political Science | History & Theory - General - History |
| Dewey: 320.01 |
| Lexile Measure: 1470 |
| Physical Information: 1.02" H x 6" W x 9" (1.48 lbs) 508 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 17th Century |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In Leviathan, Hobbes set out his doctrine of the foundation of states and legitimate governments - originating social contract theory. Leviathan was written during the English Civil War; much of the book is occupied with demonstrating the necessity of a strong central authority to avoid the evil of discord and civil war. Beginning from a mechanistic understanding of human beings and the passions, Hobbes postulates what life would be like without government, a condition which he calls the state of nature. In that state, each person would have a right, or license, to everything in the world. This, Hobbes argues, would lead to a "war of all against all" (bellum omnium contra omnes). |