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    • Leviathan or The Matter, Forme and Power of a Commonwealth 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). Its name derives from the biblical Leviathan. The work concerns the structure of society and legitimate government, and is regarded as o… See more

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    The title of Hobbes's treatise alludes to the Leviathan mentioned in the Book of Job. In contrast to the simply … See more

    Reception

    The traditional understanding of the reception of Hobbes' work was that it was almost universally rejected, immediately discredited, not seriously read, and resulted in Hobbes being outed as an atheist. However, t… See more

    Original titleLeviathan, or The Matter, Forme and Power of a Common Wealth Ecclesiasticall and Civil
    Originally publishedJanuary 1, 1651
    AuthorThomas Hobbes
    GenrePhilosophy · Classics · Nonfiction · History · Political Science · Politics · School · Academic · Theory · 17th Century

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    Critical analysis

    Anthony Gottlieb points out that Hobbes's political philosophy was affected by the prevalence of sectarian conflict in his time, both in the European wars of religion and in the English Civil Wars. These violent events moved him … See more

    Further reading

    • Leviathan. Revised Edition, eds. A.P. Martinich and Brian Battiste. Peterborough, Ontario: Broadview Press, 2010. ISBN 978-1-55481-003-1. Archived 6 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine
    • Leviathan: Or the Matter, For… See more

    External links

    • Reprint from the 1651 edition
    • Leviathan at Standard Ebooks
    • Leviathan at Project Gutenberg
    • Leviathan public domain audiobook at LibriVox… See more

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