Leviathan, sive De materia, forma, & potestate civitatis ecclesiasticæ et civilis. Authore Thoma Hobbes, Malmesburiensi

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Thomas Hobbes: Leviathan, sive De materia, forma, & potestate civitatis ecclesiasticæ et civilis. Authore Thoma Hobbes, Malmesburiensi (Latin language, 1676, Apud Johannem Tomsoni)

Microform, 365 pages

Latin language

Published June 2, 1676 by Apud Johannem Tomsoni.

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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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  • Political science -- Early works to 1800
  • State, The -- Early works to 1800

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