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Leviathan or The Matter, Forme and Power of a Common-Wealth 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 one of the earliest and most influential examples of social contract theory. (Wikipedia)
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GenreLiterary Classics
Length23 hrs
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Publish dateOct 17, 2018
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1THE INTRODUCTION
2CHAPTER I. OF SENSE
3CHAPTER II. OF IMAGINATION
4CHAPTER III. OF THE CONSEQUENCE OR TRAYNE OF IMAGINATIONS
5CHAPTER IV. OF SPEECH
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6CHAPTER V. OF REASON, AND SCIENCE.
7CHAPTER VI. OF THE INTERIOUR BEGINNINGS OF VOLUNTARY MOTIONS
8CHAPTER VII. OF THE ENDS OR RESOLUTIONS OF DISCOURSE
9CHAPTER VIII. OF THE VERTUES COMMONLY CALLED INTELLECTUAL;
10CHAPTER IX. OF THE SEVERALL SUBJECTS OF KNOWLEDGE
11CHAPTER X. OF POWER, WORTH, DIGNITY, HONOUR AND WORTHINESS
12CHAPTER XI. OF THE DIFFERENCE OF MANNERS
13CHAPTER XII. OF RELIGION
14CHAPTER XIII. OF THE NATURALL CONDITION OF MANKIND,
15CHAPTER XIV. OF THE FIRST AND SECOND NATURALL LAWES, AND OF CONTRACTS
16CHAPTER XV. OF OTHER LAWES OF NATURE
17CHAPTER XVI. OF PERSONS, AUTHORS, AND THINGS PERSONATED
18CHAPTER XVII. OF THE CAUSES, GENERATION, AND DEFINITION OF A
19CHAPTER XVIII. OF THE RIGHTS OF SOVERAIGNES BY INSTITUTION
20CHAPTER XIX. OF THE SEVERALL KINDS OF COMMON-WEALTH BY INSTITUTION,
21CHAPTER XX. OF DOMINION PATERNALL AND DESPOTICALL
22CHAPTER XXI. OF THE LIBERTY OF SUBJECTS
23CHAPTER XXII. OF SYSTEMES SUBJECT, POLITICALL, AND PRIVATE
24CHAPTER XXIII. OF THE PUBLIQUE MINISTERS OF SOVERAIGN POWER
25CHAPTER XXIV. OF THE NUTRITION, AND PROCREATION OF A COMMON-WEALTH
26CHAPTER XXV. OF COUNSELL
27CHAPTER XXVI. OF CIVILL LAWES
28CHAPTER XXVII. OF CRIMES, EXCUSES, AND EXTENUATIONS
29CHAPTER XXVIII. OF PUNISHMENTS, AND REWARDS
30CHAPTER XXIX. OF THOSE THINGS THAT WEAKEN, OR TEND TO THE DISSOLUTION OF
31CHAPTER XXX. OF THE OFFICE OF THE SOVERAIGN REPRESENTATIVE
32CHAPTER XXXI. OF THE KINGDOME OF GOD BY NATURE
33CHAPTER XXXII. OF THE PRINCIPLES OF CHRISTIAN POLITIQUES
34CHAPTER XXXIII. OF THE NUMBER, ANTIQUITY, SCOPE, AUTHORITY,
35CHAPTER XXXIV. OF THE SIGNIFICATION OF SPIRIT, ANGEL, AND INSPIRATION IN
36CHAPTER XXXV. OF THE SIGNIFICATION IN SCRIPTURE OF KINGDOME OF GOD, OF
37CHAPTER XXXVI. OF THE WORD OF GOD, AND OF PROPHETS
38CHAPTER XXXVII. OF MIRACLES, AND THEIR USE
39CHAPTER XXXVIII. OF THE SIGNIFICATION IN SCRIPTURE OF ETERNALL LIFE,
40CHAPTER XXXIX. OF THE SIGNIFICATION IN SCRIPTURE OF THE WORD CHURCH
41CHAPTER XL
42CHAPTER XLI. OF THE OFFICE OF OUR BLESSED SAVIOUR
43CHAPTER XLII. OF POWER ECCLESIASTICALL (pt. 1)
44CHAPTER XLII. OF POWER ECCLESIASTICALL (pt. 2)
45CHAPTER XLIII. OF WHAT IS NECESSARY FOR A MANS RECEPTION INTO THE
46CHAPTER XLIV. OF SPIRITUALL DARKNESSE FROM MISINTERPRETATION OF SCRIPTURE
47CHAPTER XLV. OF DAEMONOLOGY, AND OTHER RELIQUES OF THE RELIGION OF THE
48CHAPTER XLVI. OF DARKNESSE FROM VAIN PHILOSOPHY, AND FABULOUS TRADITIONS
49CHAPTER XLVII. OF THE BENEFIT THAT PROCEEDETH FROM SUCH DARKNESSE,
50A REVIEW, AND CONCLUSION
