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Leviathan (Oxford World's Classics) by Thomas Hobbes & J. C. A. Gaskin is a philosophy book available to read on EtoBox.
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Leviathan is a work of political philosophy in the English language. It has found applications and refutations in every generation. Hobbes argues that human beings are first and foremost concerned with their own individual desires and fears. He shows that a conflict of each against every man can only be avoided by the adoption of a compact to enforce peace. The compact involves giving up some of our natural freedom to a sovereign power which will enforce the laws of peace on all citizens. Hobbes
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Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Thomas Hobbes & J. C. A. Gaskin
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press, USA
- Published
- 1996
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780460116916
- Category
- philosophy
- Subjects
- History, Science, Philosophy
- Rating
- 3.67 / 5 (83 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-13
Other editions & translations
- 利维坦(全三册)(英汉对照全译本) (西方学术经典译丛) (2007)
- Leviathan: With selected variants from the Latin edition of 1668 (Hackett Classics) (1994)
- By Thomas Hobbes - Leviathan (Penguin Classics) (1986)
- Leviathan: or, The matter, forme and power of a commonwealth, ecclesiasticall and civil (1946)
- Hobbes: Leviathan: Revised student edition (Cambridge Texts in the History of Political Thought) (1996)
- Leviathan/ y Thomas Hobbes (2011)
- Leviathan With Selected Variants from the Latin Edition Of 1668 : With Selected Variants from the Latin Edition Of 1668 (1994)
- Leviathan/ y Thomas Hobbes (2013)
- Leviathan (Oxford World's Classics) (2024)
- Leviathan (Oxford World's Classics) (1998)
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