Leviathan: The Matter, Forme, & Power of a Common-Wealth Ecclesiastical and CivillThomas 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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... Scripture goeth no further in this matter. But this was sufficient to direct him to adde more names, as the experience and use of the creatures should give him occasion; and to joyn them in such manner by degrees, as to make himselfe ...
... Scripture goeth no further in this matter. But this was sufficient to direct him to adde more names, as the experience and use of the creatures should give him occasion; and to joyn them in such manner by degrees, as to make himselfe ...
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... Scripture in like manner against the opinion of the motion of the Earth. The Scripture was written to shew unto men the kingdome 110.
... Scripture in like manner against the opinion of the motion of the Earth. The Scripture was written to shew unto men the kingdome 110.
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... Scripture was written to shew unto men the kingdome of God; and to prepare their mindes to become his obedient subjects; leaving the world, and the Philosophy thereof, to the disputation of men, for the exercising of their naturall ...
... Scripture was written to shew unto men the kingdome of God; and to prepare their mindes to become his obedient subjects; leaving the world, and the Philosophy thereof, to the disputation of men, for the exercising of their naturall ...
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... Scripture, that requireth a beliefe, that Daemoniacks were any other thing but Mad-men. Insignificant Speech There is yet another fault in the Discourses of some men; which may also be numbred amongst the sorts of Madnesse; namely, that ...
... Scripture, that requireth a beliefe, that Daemoniacks were any other thing but Mad-men. Insignificant Speech There is yet another fault in the Discourses of some men; which may also be numbred amongst the sorts of Madnesse; namely, that ...
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Contents
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Chapter XXV | 360 |
Chapter XXVI | 373 |
Chapter XXVII | 409 |
Chapter XXVIII | 437 |
Chapter XXIX | 453 |
Chapter XXX | 472 |
Chapter XXXI | 499 |
PART III OF A CHRISTIAN COMMONWEALTH | 520 |
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Chapter XVI | 229 |
PART II OF COMMONWEALTH | 238 |
Chapter XVII | 239 |
Chapter XVIII | 248 |
Chapter XIX | 265 |
Chapter XX | 283 |
Chapter XXI | 298 |
Chapter XXII | 317 |
Chapter XXIII | 339 |
Chapter XXIV | 348 |
Chapter XXXII | 521 |
Chapter XXXIII | 530 |
Chapter XXXIV | 549 |
Chapter XXXV | 570 |
Chapter XXXVI | 584 |
Chapter XXXVII | 610 |
Chapter XXXVIII | 623 |
Chapter XXXIX | 650 |
Chapter XL | 655 |
Chapter XLI | 674 |
Chapter XLII | 687 |
Chapter XLIII | 810 |
PART IV OF THE KINGDOME OF DARKNESSE | 835 |
Chapter XLIV | 836 |
Chapter XLV | 879 |
Chapter XLVI | 914 |
Chapter XLVII | 947 |
A Review and Conclusion | 965 |
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