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Thomas Hobbes

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Leviathan Summary

The Leviathan is Hobbes' premiere political philosophical work. It states that people are naturally concerned with themselves and with attaining power. While there are laws of nature that can help people live harmoniously, there is not a natural enforcing mechanism for them. Therefore, those that choose to follow them run the risk of being violated or abused by people that do not follow the rules. The only way people can live...

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Project Gutenberg eBooks (1)

Leviathan

219,464 words, approx. 732 pages

Title:  Leviathan Author:  Thomas Hobbes Release Date:  May, 2002 [EBook #3207] [Yes, we are more than one year ahead of schedule] [This file was first posted on July 2, 2002] Edition:... Read more

Thomas Hobbes Biographies (5)

Thomas Hobbes

1,410 words, approx. 5 pages

The English philosopher and political theorist Thomas Hobbes (1588-1679) was one of the central figures of British empiricism. His major work, "Leviathan," published in 1651, expressed his principle o... Read more

Thomas Hobbes

6,182 words, approx. 21 pages

Thomas Hobbes lived for ninety-one of the most eventful years in the history of England. Born in the year of England's defeat of the Spanish Armada, he fled to France during the civil war, fled back j... Read more

Thomas Hobbes

5,078 words, approx. 17 pages

The most influential English philosopher before John Locke, was a founder of modern political science. One of his greatest achievements lay in freeing morality and politics from subservience to theol... Read more

Thomas Hobbes

6,652 words, approx. 23 pages

Though he had already written a summary of Aristotle's Rhetoric in Latin and later wrote about logic, Hobbes would probably deserve no more than a footnote in the history of rhetoric if he had not pub... Read more

Thomas Hobbes

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Essays & Analysis (5)

Critical Essay by Bertrand Russell

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Critical Essay by Michael Oakeshott

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Critical Essay by David Johnston

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An Analysis of Hobbes' "Leviathan"

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In his book The Leviathan Thomas Hobbes begins with bringing to the readers attention that despite the fact that all men may not be deemed equal that they were created equal. He backs up this statem... Read more

Hobbes' First Three Laws of Nature and the Fool's Objection

1,572 words, approx. 6 pages

Hobbes' First Three Laws of Nature and the Fool's Objection Thomas Hobbes begins The Leviathan by establishing the idea that all men are created equal, although every man perceives himself as smarte... Read more

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