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Leviathan
The Floating Press 2009; US$ 4.99Thomas 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. more...
Leviathan
Penguin Books Ltd 2003; Not AvailableThe Leviathan is the vast unity of the State. But how are unity, peace and security to be attained? Hobbes's answer is sovereignty, but the resurgence of interest today in Leviathan is due less to its answers than its methods. Hobbes sees politics as a science capable of the same axiomatic approach as geometry: he argues from first principles to human... more...
Of Man
Penguin Books Ltd 2005; Not AvailableThroughout history, some books have changed the world. They have transformed the way we see ourselves - and each other. They have inspired debate, dissent, war and revolution. They have enlightened, outraged, provoked and comforted. They have enriched lives - and destroyed them. Now Penguin brings you the works of the great thinkers, pioneers, radicals... more...
Leviathan
Hackett Publishing Company, Inc. 1994; US$ 14.95Designed to meet the needs of both student and scholar, this edition of Leviathan offers a brilliant introduction by Edwin Curley, modernized spelling and punctuation of the text, and the inclusion, along with historical and interpretive notes, of the most significant variants between the English version of 1651 and the Latin version of 1668. A glossary... more...
Leviathan
OUP Oxford 1996; US$ 8.99He that is to govern a whole nation, must read in himself, not this, or that particular man; but mankind. Leviathan is both a magnificent literary achievement and the greatest work of political philosophy in the English language. Permanently challenging, it has found new applications and new refutations in every generation. Hobbes argues that human... more...
Hobbes and Bramhall on Liberty and Necessity
Cambridge University Press 1999; US$ 29.00This volume presents the famous seventeenth-century debate on freedom between Thomas Hobbes and John Bramhall, including their initial contributions to the exchange and selections from their subsequent replies to one another and from other works of Hobbes. A historical and philosophical introduction locates the debate in its context. more...
Leviathan
Digireads.com Publishing 2012; US$ 3.49Considered by many to be among the greatest works of political philosophy, especially in the English language, "Leviathan" is Hobbes' book, published in 1651, which outlines his theories on an ideal state and its creation. The structure of a society and a legitimate government, as he reasons, is perhaps the earliest example of social... more...
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