Leviathan
Thomas HobbesThe most unflinching analysis of why humans need government ever written.
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“And the life of man, solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short”
— Thomas Hobbes
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The most unflinching analysis of why humans need government ever written. Hobbes' state of nature — "solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short" — is the starting point of all serious political philosophy.
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Hobbes' argument for a powerful sovereign to prevent the war of all against all. The founding text of social contract theory.
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The most unflinching analysis of why humans need government ever written. Hobbes' state of nature — "solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short" — is the starting point of all serious political philosophy.
What is Leviathan about?
Hobbes' argument for a powerful sovereign to prevent the war of all against all. The founding text of social contract theory.
