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Thomas Hobbes’s political manifesto "Leviathan" (or, as it was originally titled: “Leviathan or The Matter, Forme and Power of a Common-Wealth Ecclesiastical and Civil", 1651) holds that a commonwealth with a social contract is the ideal way to govern a body of people.
Hobbes argues that a sovereign power is best equipped to maintain peace and civic unity and that each of the nation’s citizens buys into a social contract that allows the sovereign power to act on behalf of safety and public defence. The central image of the philosophy is a leviathan or sea monster, with a body made of human constituents and a head representing the sovereign leader. According to Hobbes, this philosophy is the best in order to avoid civil war and maintain a unified nation. The manifesto is broken up into four sections, which build on this central idea.
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GenrePhilosophy, History, Children's Literature
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Publish dateJun 3, 2019
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Introduction
2PART 1. OF MAN
3Chapter 1. Of Sense
4Chapter 2. Of Imagination
5Chapter 3. Of The Consequence Or Trayne Of Imaginations
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6Chapter 4. Of Speech
7Chapter 5. Of Reason, And Science.
8Chapter 6. Of The Interiour Beginnings Of Voluntary Motions
9Chapter 7. Of The Ends Or Resolutions Of Discourse
10Chapter 8. Of The Vertues Commonly Called Intellectual; And Their Contrary Defects
11Chapter 9. Of The Severall Subjects Of Knowledge
12Chapter 10. Of Power, Worth, Dignity, Honour And Worthiness
13Chapter 11. Of The Difference Of Manners
14Chapter 12. Of Religion
15Chapter 13. Of The Naturall Condition Of Mankind, As Concerning Their Felicity, And Misery
16Chapter 14. Of The First And Second Naturall Lawes, And Of Contracts
17Chapter 15. Of Other Lawes Of Nature
18Chapter 16. Of Persons, Authors, And Things Personated
19PART 2. OF COMMON-WEALTH
20Chapter 17. Of The Causes, Generation, And Definition Of A Common-Wealth
21Chapter 18. Of The Rights Of Soveraignes By Institution
22Chapter 19. Of The Severall Kinds Of Common-Wealth By Institution, And Of Succession To The Soveraigne Power
23Chapter 20. Of Dominion Paternall And Despoticall
24Chapter 21. Of The Liberty Of Subjects
25Chapter 22. Of Systemes Subject, Politicall, And Private
26Chapter 23. Of The Publique Ministers Of Soveraign Power
27Chapter 24. Of The Nutrition, And Procreation Of A Common-Wealth
28Chapter 25. Of Counsell
29Chapter 26. Of Civill Lawes
30Chapter 27. Of Crimes, Excuses, And Extenuations
31Chapter 28. Of Punishments, And Rewards
32Chapter 29. Of Those Things That Weaken, Or Tend To The Dissolution Of A Common-Wealth
33Chapter 30. Of The Office Of The Soveraign Representative
34Chapter 31. Of The Kingdome Of God By Nature
35PART 3. OF A CHRISTIAN COMMON-WEALTH
36Chapter 32. Of The Principles Of Christian Politiques
37Chapter 33. Of The Number, Antiquity, Scope, Authority, And Interpreters Of The Books Of Holy Scriptures
38Chapter 34. Of The Signification Of Spirit, Angel, And Inspiration In The Books Of Holy Scripture
39Chapter 35. Of The Signification In Scripture Of Kingdome Of God, Of Holy, Sacred, And Sacrament
40Chapter 36. Of The Word Of God, And Of Prophets
41Chapter 37. Of Miracles, And Their Use
42Chapter 38. Of The Signification In Scripture Of Eternall Life, Hell, Salvation, The World To Come, And Redemption
43Chapter 39. Of The Signification In Scripture Of The Word Church
44Chapter 40. Of The Rights Of The Kingdome Of God, In Abraham, Moses, High Priests, And The Kings Of Judah
45Chapter 41. Of The Office Of Our Blessed Saviour
46Chapter 42. Of Power Ecclesiasticall (pt. 1)
47Chapter 42. Of Power Ecclesiasticall (pt. 2)
48Chapter 43. Of What Is Necessary For A Mans Reception Into The Kingdome Of Heaven
49Chapter 44. Of Spirituall Darknesse From Misinterpretation Of Scripture
50Chapter 45. Of Daemonology, And Other Reliques Of The Religion Of The Gentiles
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