Book
Leviathan
- Published
- 1651
- Genre
- Political Science
- Publisher
- Empire Books
- Pages
- 736
- Words
- 226526
- URL
- https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/91953.Leviathan?ac=1&from_search=true
Reading measures
- Lexile
- 1270L
Written during the chaos of the English Civil War, Thomas Hobbes' Leviathan asks how, in a world of violence and horror, can we stop ourselves from descending into anarchy? Hobbes' case for a 'common-wealth' under a powerful sovereign - or 'Leviathan' - to enforce security and the rule of law, shocked his contemporaries, and his book was publicly burnt for sedition the moment it was published. But his penetrating work of political philosophy - now fully revised and with a new introduction for this edition - opened up questions about the nature of statecraft and society that influenced governments across the world.
Collections
Harvard ClassicsSt. John's College · 3TJEd Adult Recommended
ISBN
- ISBN-13
- 9781619491700
- ISBN-10
- 1619491702
Tags
ClassicsCommunity Life-PoliticsEnglandGreat BritainHarvard ClassicsLawScience-PhilosophySocial Studies-GovernmentSt. John's CollegeThomas Jefferson Education Adult