Leviathan by Thomas Hobbes

Leviathan

Thomas Hobbes

672 pages paperback 1651

109 editions

nonfiction classics philosophy politics challenging informative reflective slow-paced
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In Leviathan, Hobbes set out his doctrine of the foundation of states and legitimate governments - originating social contract theory. Leviathan was written during the English Civil War; much of the book is occupied with demonstrating the necessit...

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