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
... questions is ' Why do human beings need laws and government ? ' Hobbes's answer is that if there were no laws or ... question is that every person wants to preserve his life . We know from our own experi- ence that even people with ...
... questions is ' Why do human beings need laws and government ? ' Hobbes's answer is that if there were no laws or ... question is that every person wants to preserve his life . We know from our own experi- ence that even people with ...
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... questions of political theory ; and I will soon return to them in this Introduction . As great as Leviathan is as a work of political philosophy , it is much more than that . Its opening chapters adumbrate a world- view that is ...
... questions of political theory ; and I will soon return to them in this Introduction . As great as Leviathan is as a work of political philosophy , it is much more than that . Its opening chapters adumbrate a world- view that is ...
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... questions , inquiries , and contradictions , which the laws and liberty of conversation require : and it has been always a lamentation amongst Mr. Hobbes his friends , that he spent too much time in thinking , and too little in ...
... questions , inquiries , and contradictions , which the laws and liberty of conversation require : and it has been always a lamentation amongst Mr. Hobbes his friends , that he spent too much time in thinking , and too little in ...
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... Questions Concerning Liberty , Necessity and Chance Abbreviations Used for Books of the Bible Acts Acts of the Apostles Deut . Deuteronomy . Apoc . Book of the Apocalypse [ = Revelation ] Chron . Chronicles Col. Colossians Cor ...
... Questions Concerning Liberty , Necessity and Chance Abbreviations Used for Books of the Bible Acts Acts of the Apostles Deut . Deuteronomy . Apoc . Book of the Apocalypse [ = Revelation ] Chron . Chronicles Col. Colossians Cor ...
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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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