Leviathan (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781494240813)

In Leviathan, Hobbes set out his doctrine of the foundation of states and legitimate governments - originating social contract theory. Leviathan was written during the English Civil War; much of the book is occupied with demonstrating the necessity of a strong central authority to avoid the evil of discord and civil war. Beginning from a mechanistic understanding of human beings and the passions, Hobbes postulates what life would be like without government, a condition which he calls the state of nature. In that state, each person would have a right, or license, to everything in the world. This, Hobbes argues, would lead to a "war of all against all" (bellum omnium contra omnes).

Author: Thomas Hobbes
ISBN-10: 1494240815
ISBN-13: 9781494240813
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Language: English
Published: 11/22/2013
Pages: 508
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.48lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.02d