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Leviathan by Thomas Hobbes (1651)
"The life of man: solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short." Hobbes' argument that only a powerful sovereign can prevent the war of "all against all" — the most influential work of political philosophy in the English language.
Historical Significance:
Thomas Hobbes published Leviathan in 1651 during the English Civil War, arguing that peace requires surrendering individual freedoms to an absolute sovereign (the "Leviathan"). Writing from exile in Paris, Ho...
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"The life of man: solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short." Hobbes' argument that only a powerful sovereign can prevent the war of "all against all" — the most influential work of political philosophy in the English language.
Historical Significance:
Thomas Hobbes published Leviathan in 1651 during the English Civil War, arguing that peace requires surrendering individual freedoms to an absolute sovereign (the "Leviathan"). Writing from exile in Paris, Ho...
Read free on BoingyBooks: https://boingybooks.com/marketplace/product.php?id=179
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