Leviathan or the matter, forme & power of common-wealth ecclesiasticall and civil / Thomas Hobbes; edited with an introduction by Ian Shapiro with essays by John Dunn...[et all.]

By:

HOBBES, Thomas

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Material type: Text

TextSeries: (Rethinking the Western Tradition)Publication details: New Haven : Yale University Press, c2010.Description: xxiii, 583p. ; 21cmISBN:

978-0-300-11838-4

Subject(s):

Political science Early works to 1800, State, The Staatslehre

DDC classification:

22nd ed. 320.01 HOB

Summary: Written by Thomas Hobbes and first published in 1651, Leviathan is widely considered the greatest work of political philosophy ever composed in the English language. Hobbes's central argument—that human beings are first and foremost concerned with their own fears and desires, and that they must relinquish basic freedoms in order to maintain a peaceful society—has found new adherents and critics in every generation

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Books	CUoM Library General Stacks	NFIC	320.01 HOB (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available	00006980
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Written by Thomas Hobbes and first published in 1651, Leviathan is widely considered the greatest work of political philosophy ever composed in the English language. Hobbes's central argument—that human beings are first and foremost concerned with their own fears and desires, and that they must relinquish basic freedoms in order to maintain a peaceful society—has found new adherents and critics in every generation

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