LEVIATHAN - Hobbes: or The Matter, Form, and Power of a Commonwealth, Ecclesiastical and Civil Thomas Hobbes
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The work concerns the structure of society and legitimate government, and is regarded as one of the earliest and most influential examples of social contract theory. Leviathan ranks as a classic western work on statecraft comparable to Machiavelli's The Prince. Written during the English Civil War (1642-1651), Leviathan argues for a social contract and rule by an absolute sovereign. Hobbes wrote that civil war and the brute situation of a state of nature ("the war of all against all") could only be avoided by strong, undivided government.
© 2017 Jovian Press (Ebook): 9781537822587
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