LeviathanHobbes' classic work has set the tone for the course of political philosophy through to our own day. This new Broadview edition includes the full text of the 1651 edition, together with a wide variety of background documents that help set the work in context. Also included are an introduction, explanatory notes, and a chronology. |
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Page vii
... human beings need laws and government ? ' Hobbes's answer is that if there were no laws or government , then every action would be permissible and if every action were per- missible , then each person would have the right to everything ...
... human beings need laws and government ? ' Hobbes's answer is that if there were no laws or government , then every action would be permissible and if every action were per- missible , then each person would have the right to everything ...
Page viii
... human beings in the condition of mere nature ' , and they think that human beings are by nature better than he makes them out to be . Let's grant that these readers are right . Hobbes's philosophy would be objectionable if he provided ...
... human beings in the condition of mere nature ' , and they think that human beings are by nature better than he makes them out to be . Let's grant that these readers are right . Hobbes's philosophy would be objectionable if he provided ...
Page ix
... human life is strictly analogous to the motion of machines ; and qualitative experience of the world is reducible to ... human beings are machines . Equally contentious is his position that man is not naturally a social or political ...
... human life is strictly analogous to the motion of machines ; and qualitative experience of the world is reducible to ... human beings are machines . Equally contentious is his position that man is not naturally a social or political ...
Page x
... human history . In fact , Hobbes denies that the first humans , Adam and Eve , began in the state of nature . For him , the state of nature is primarily a concept , used in a thought experiment . He asks the reader to think about what ...
... human history . In fact , Hobbes denies that the first humans , Adam and Eve , began in the state of nature . For him , the state of nature is primarily a concept , used in a thought experiment . He asks the reader to think about what ...
Page xi
... human life in it is , to repeat , " solitary , poor , nasty , brutish and short . " So it is important for humans to get out of it . Hobbes claims that the escape is made possible by following the laws of nature , and he defines a law ...
... human life in it is , to repeat , " solitary , poor , nasty , brutish and short . " So it is important for humans to get out of it . Hobbes claims that the escape is made possible by following the laws of nature , and he defines a law ...
Contents
VII | 13 |
IX | 15 |
X | 20 |
XI | 25 |
XII | 33 |
XIII | 40 |
XIV | 50 |
XV | 53 |
XLII | 249 |
XLIII | 264 |
XLIV | 277 |
XLV | 282 |
XLVII | 292 |
XLIX | 304 |
L | 312 |
LI | 326 |
XVII | 63 |
XVIII | 66 |
XIX | 75 |
XX | 81 |
XXI | 93 |
XXII | 98 |
XXIII | 108 |
XXIV | 120 |
XXVI | 125 |
XXVIII | 130 |
XXIX | 139 |
XXX | 149 |
XXXI | 157 |
XXXII | 167 |
XXXIII | 179 |
XXXV | 183 |
XXXVI | 189 |
XXXVII | 197 |
XXXVIII | 216 |
XXXIX | 230 |
XL | 238 |
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