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    Leviathan

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    by Thomas Hobbes

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    • ISBN-13: 9781619491700
    • Publisher: Empire Books
    • Publication date: 12/19/2011
    • Edition description: New Edition
    • Pages: 356
    • Product dimensions: 8.00(w) x 10.00(h) x 0.74(d)

    Philosopher, scientist, and historian Thomas Hobbes (1588–1679) was a key figure in Britain's transition from medieval to modern thinking. His masterpiece, Leviathan, established the social contract theory that served as the foundation for most of Western political philosophy, and his view of mankind as essentially self-centered and competitive gave rise to the term "Hobbesian."

    Table of Contents

    The Contents of the Chapters
     
    THE FIRST PART: Of Man
    Introduction
    Of Sense
    Of Imagination
    Of the Consequence or Train of Imaginations
    Of Speech
    Of Reason and Science
    Of the interiour Beginnings of Voluntary Motions, commonly called the Passions; And the Speeches by which they are expressed
    Of the Ends or Resolutions of Discourse
    Of the Vertues, commonly called Intellectuall, and their contrary Defects
    Of the severall Subjects of Knowledge
    Of Power, Worth, Dignity, Honour, and Worthinesse
    Of the Difference of Manners
    Of Religion
    Of the Naturall Condition of Mankind as concerning their Felicity and Misery
    Of the first and second Naturall Lawes, and of Contract
    Of other Lawes of Nature
    Of Persons, Authors, and things personated
    THE SECOND PART: Of Common-wealth
    Of the Causes, Generation, and Definition of a Common-wealth
    Of the Rights of Soveraignes by Institution
    Of severall Kinds of Common-wealth by Institution; and of Succesion to the Soveraign Power
    Of Dominion Paternall, and Despoticall
    Of the Liberty of Subjects
    Of Systemes Subject, Politicall, and Private
    Of the Publique Ministers of Soveraign Power
    Of the Nutrition, and Procreation of a Common-wealth
    Of Counsell
    Of Civill Lawes
    Of Crimes, Excuses, and Extenuations
    Of Punishments, and Rewards
    Of those things that Weaken, or tend to the Dissolution of a Common-wealth
    Of the Office of the Soveraign Representative
    Of the Kingdome of God by Nature
    THE THIRD PART: Of A Christian Common-wealth
    Of the Principles of Christian Politiques
    Of the Number, Antiquity, Scope, Authority, and Interpreters of the Books of Holy Scripture
    Of the signification, of Spirit, Angell, and Inspiration in the Books of Holy Scripture
    Of the signification in Scripture of the Kingdome of God, of Holy, Sacred, and Sacrament
    Of the Word of God, and of Prophets
    Of Miracles, and their use
    Of the signification in Scripture of Eternall life, Hel, Salvation, the World to come, and Redemption
    Of the Signification in Scripture of the word Church
    Of the Rights of the Kingdome of God, in Abraham, Moses, the High Priests, and the Kings of Judah
    Of the Office of our Blessed Saviour
    Of Power Ecclesiasticall
    Of what is Necessary for mans Reception into the Kingdome of Heaven
    THE FOURTH PART: Of The Kingdome of Darknesse
    Of Spirituall Darknesse from Misinterpretation of Scripture
    Of Dæmonology, and other Reliques of the Religion of the Gentiles
    Of Darknesse from Vain Philosophy, and Fabulous Traditions
    Of the Benefit proceeding from such Darknesse; and to whom it accreweth
    A REVIEW AND CONCLUSION

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    Leviathan or The Matter, Forme and Power of a Common Wealth Ecclesiasticall and Civil-commonly referred to as Leviathan-is a book written by Thomas Hobbes (1588-1679) and published in 1651. Its name derives from the biblical Leviathan. The work concerns the structure of society and legitimate government, and is regarded as one of the earliest and most influential examples of social contract theory. Leviathan ranks as a classic western work on statecraft comparable to Machiavelli's The Prince. Written during the English Civil War (1642-1651), Leviathan argues for a social contract and rule by an absolute sovereign. Hobbes wrote that civil war and the brute situation of a state of nature ("the war of all against all") could only be avoided by strong undivided government.

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    Internationally renowned Hobbes scholar A.P. Martinich has produced the definitive version of Leviathan for student use. Handsomely turned out by Broadview Press, this edition features a highly informative introduction, a brief chronology of Hobbes’s life, as well as some useful notes on the text itself. Of special value are seven appendices drawn from the writings of contemporary critics of Hobbes’s thought, including Filmer, Lawson, Bramhall, Hyde and others. Martinich has made a difficult but essential text as accessible to students as it is likely ever to become.” — George Wright, University of Wisconsin

    “An admirably accessible edition of Hobbes’s masterpiece. The work is presented clearly, in its entirety, and with generous excerpts from Hobbes's formidable contemporary critics.” — Kinch Hoekstra, Balliol College, Oxford University

    “This very readable edition of Hobbes’s Leviathan is an excellent resource for students of political philosophy and its history. The collection of published responses to Leviathan by some of Hobbes’s most prominent contemporaries provides insight into the historical context in which he was writing, and philosophically challenging commentary on this great work of political philosophy.” — Thomas Christiano, University of Arizona

    Thomas Christiano University of Arizona
    "This very readable edition of Hobbes's Leviathan is an excellent resource for students of political philosophy and its history. The collection of published responses to Leviathan by some of Hobbes's most prominent contemporaries provides insight into the historical context in which he was writing, and philosophically challenging commentary on this great work of political philosophy."
    Kinch Hoekstra Balliol College
    "An admirably accessible edition of Hobbes's masterpiece. The work is presented clearly, in its entirety, and with generous excerpts from Hobbes's formidable contemporary critics."
    George Wright University of Wisconsin
    "Internationally renowned Hobbes scholar A.P. Martinich has produced the definitive version of Leviathan for student use. Handsomely turned out by Broadview Press, this edition features a highly informative introduction, a brief chronology of Hobbes's life, as well as some useful notes on the text itself. Of special value are seven appendices drawn from the writings of contemporary critics of Hobbes's thought, including Filmer, Lawson, Bramhall, Hyde and others. Martinich has made a difficult but essential text as accessible to students as it is likely ever to become."

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