Philosophy · 1653
Leviathan
Or the Matter, Form, and Power of a Commonwealth Ecclesiastical and Civil
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- First published
- 1651
- This copy printed
- 1653
- Language
- English
- Binding
- Full leather
- Condition
- Good — Honest wear and some foxing, sound and complete.
- Pages
- 508
About this work
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.
