519 pages

English language

Published June 2, 1996 by Cambridge University Press.

ISBN:
978-0-521-56099-3
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OCLC Number:
34474353

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Thomas Hobbes's Leviathan is arguably the greatest piece of political philosophy written in the English language. Written in a time of great political turmoil (Hobbes's life spanned the reign of Charles I, the Civil Wars, the Commonwealth and the Protectorate, and the Restoration), Leviathan is an argument for obedience to authority grounded in an analysis of human nature.

For this revised edition Professor Tuck has provided a much-amplified and expanded introduction, which will provide students unfamiliar with Hobbes with a cogent and accessible introduction to this most challenging of texts. Other vital aids to study include an extensive guide to further reading, a note on textual matters, a chronology of important events and brief biographies of important persons mentioned in Hobbes's text.

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El libro está dividido en cuatro partes:
I. Del hombre. Ocupa el 75% del libro. Me imagino a Hobbes como un señor mayor acurrucado delante de su chimenea refunfuñando de todo, sentando cátedra de cómo son las cosas, y que todo aquél que no siga su método o esté de acuerdo con sus conclusiones es porque está alejado de la verdad. Sí que hay alguna cosa que me ha gustado: "En todas vuestras acciones, considerad frecuentemente aquello que queréis poseer, porque es la cosa que dirige todos vuestros pensamientos al camino para alcanzarlo."
"El valor o estimación del hombre es, como el de todas las demás cosas, su precio; es decir, tanto como sería dado por el uso del poder. Por consiguiente, no es absoluto sino una consencuencia de la necesidad del jucio de otro."

Habla de algunos conceptos: el derecho de naturaleza, que es la libertad de cada hombre …

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Subjects

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

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