| Leviathan: Or the Matter, Forme, & Power of a Common-wealth Ecclesiastical and Civill Contributor(s): Hobbes, Thomas (Author) |
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ISBN: 1512245550 ISBN-13: 9781512245554 Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform OUR PRICE: $17.38 Product Type: Paperback Published: May 2015 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Philosophy | Political |
| Lexile Measure: 1470 |
| Physical Information: 1.06" H x 8.5" W x 11.02" (2.66 lbs) 526 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Leviathan is a seventeenth-century work on what the author felt was a good structure for society and legitimate government. The book was written during the English Civil War, and argues for a social contract between an absolute sovereign and the subjects of a commonwealth. While the work was written with the social structures of the time as influences, it also addresses many questions regarding the elements of the civil society that are still debated today. These include concepts of ex post facto law, fair tax structure, and the difference between natural law and civil law, among others. This book rightly ranks among the top treatises on government and statecraft in Western Civilization. |