Name: Leviathan: or, the matter, form, and power of a commonwealth, ecclesiastical and civil (Leviafan)
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Author: Tomas Gobbs
ISBN: 9785389179967

Leviathan: or, the matter, form, and power of a commonwealth, ecclesiastical and civil (Leviafan)

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Leviathan is the name of an ancient sea monster mentioned in the Bible, an embodiment of the elements that suppress human will.
Leviathan is the name Thomas Hobbes gave to the modern state, where people are obliged to sacrifice some of their natural desires and rights for their own safety. The law of Leviathan is the law of every man.
Thomas Hobbes's 'Leviathan' is one of the most important philosophical treatises on the theory of power, having had a colossal influence on the development of culture, philosophy, and the political structure of modern society.

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Thomas Hobbes was an English materialist philosopher and the author of the theory of the social contract.

He was born in Gloucestershire, into the family of a parish priest who was not highly educated and had a hot temper; after an argument with a neighboring vicar at the church doors, he lost his post. He was raised by a wealthy uncle. He knew classical literature and classical languages well. At the age of fifteen, he entered Oxford University, which he graduated from in 1608.

In 1610 he became tutor to Lord Hardwicke of the aristocratic family of William Cavendish (later Earl of Devonshire).…

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