Leviathan (Wisehouse Classics - The Original Authoritative Edition)
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| Rating | : | 4.95 (840 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 9176372146 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 362 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-04-18 |
| Language | : | English |
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HENRY ADADE said Five Stars. Great. "A round about in history" according to Dr Jacques COULARDEAU. I will only consider some chapters in this approach. The a priori position is that God is the origin of everything, that the Bible is absolutely true about the history of humanity and its “creation” and that the best order is that dictated by God’s law and order in which man is only free in the subjects and situations that have not been
Leviathan ranks as a classic western work on statecraft comparable to Machiavelli's The Prince. 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 (more on wsiehouse-classics). 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. Written during the English Civil War (1642-1651), Leviathan argues for a social contract and rule by an absolute sovereign. Its name derives from the biblical Leviathan. 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 (revised Latin edition 1668)