{"product_id":"leviathan-thomas-hobbes-9781494240813","title":"Leviathan","description":"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).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Thomas Hobbes\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1494240815\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781494240813\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Createspace Independent Publishing Platform\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/22\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 508\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.48lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.02d","brand":"Thomas Hobbes","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43936300204287,"sku":"9781494240813","price":20.24,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_451187ba-2025-46f3-9f97-a4bfd28ea1ea.jpg?v=1681424756","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/leviathan-thomas-hobbes-9781494240813","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}