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In a time of civil war and violent upheaval, Thomas Hobbes posed a revolutionary question: How can humanity escape the brutal, chaotic "state of nature," where life is "solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short"?
His answer, laid out with relentless logic in Leviathan (1651), forever changed political thought. Hobbes argues that for peace and security, individuals must willingly surrender their natural freedoms to an absolute, sovereign power—the "Leviathan." This monumental artificial being, whether a single ruler or an assembly, holds supreme authority to make and enforce laws, maintaining order and protecting society from itself.
Leviathan is a profound exploration of human nature, social contract, and the very foundations of legitimate government. Its powerful ideas on authority, rights, and the necessity of the state continue to ignite debate and define our understanding of the modern political world. This is the indispensable work that asked: what price are we willing to pay for peace?
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Table of contents
1THE INTRODUCTION
27CHAPTER XXIV. OF THE NUTRITION, AND PROCREATION OF A COMMON-WEALTH
2PART 1 OF MAN
28CHAPTER XXV. OF COUNSELL
3CHAPTER I. OF SENSE
29CHAPTER XXVI. OF CIVILL LAWES
4CHAPTER II. OF IMAGINATION
30CHAPTER XXVII. OF CRIMES, EXCUSES, AND EXTENUATIONS
5CHAPTER III. OF THE CONSEQUENCE OR TRAYNE OF IMAGINATIONS
31CHAPTER XXVIII. OF PUNISHMENTS, AND REWARDS
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6CHAPTER IV. OF SPEECH
32CHAPTER XXIX. OF THOSE THINGS THAT WEAKEN, OR TEND TO THE DISSOLUTION OF
7CHAPTER V. OF REASON, AND SCIENCE.
33CHAPTER XXX. OF THE OFFICE OF THE SOVERAIGN REPRESENTATIVE
8CHAPTER VI. OF THE INTERIOUR BEGINNINGS OF VOLUNTARY MOTIONS
34CHAPTER XXXI. OF THE KINGDOME OF GOD BY NATURE
9CHAPTER VII. OF THE ENDS OR RESOLUTIONS OF DISCOURSE
35 PART III. OF A CHRISTIAN COMMON-WEALTH
10CHAPTER VIII. OF THE VERTUES COMMONLY CALLED INTELLECTUAL; AND THEIR CONTRARY DEFECTS
36CHAPTER XXXII. OF THE PRINCIPLES OF CHRISTIAN POLITIQUES
11CHAPTER IX. OF THE SEVERALL SUBJECTS OF KNOWLEDGE
37CHAPTER XXXIII. OF THE NUMBER, ANTIQUITY, SCOPE, AUTHORITY, AND INTERPRETERS OF THE BOOKS OF HOLY SCRIPTURES
12CHAPTER X. OF POWER, WORTH, DIGNITY, HONOUR AND WORTHINESS
38CHAPTER XXXIV. OF THE SIGNIFICATION OF SPIRIT, ANGEL, AND INSPIRATION IN THE BOOKS OF HOLY SCRIPTURE
13CHAPTER XI. OF THE DIFFERENCE OF MANNERS
39CHAPTER XXXV. OF THE SIGNIFICATION IN SCRIPTURE OF KINGDOME OF GOD, OF HOLY, SACRED, AND SACRAMENT
14CHAPTER XII. OF RELIGION
40CHAPTER XXXVI. OF THE WORD OF GOD, AND OF PROPHETS
15CHAPTER XIII. OF THE NATURALL CONDITION OF MANKIND, AS CONCERNING THEIR FELICITY, AND MISERY
41CHAPTER XXXVII. OF MIRACLES, AND THEIR USE
16CHAPTER XIV. OF THE FIRST AND SECOND NATURALL LAWES, AND OF CONTRACTS
42CHAPTER XXXVIII. OF THE SIGNIFICATION IN SCRIPTURE OF ETERNALL LIFE, HELL, SALVATION, THE WORLD TO COME, AND REDEMPTION
17CHAPTER XV. OF OTHER LAWES OF NATURE
43CHAPTER XXXIX. OF THE SIGNIFICATION IN SCRIPTURE OF THE WORD CHURCH
18CHAPTER XVI. OF PERSONS, AUTHORS, AND THINGS PERSONATED
44CHAPTER XL OF THE RIGHTS OF THE KINGDOME OF GOD, IN ABRAHAM, MOSES, HIGH PRIESTS, AND THE KINGS OF JUDAH
19PART II. OF COMMON-WEALTH
45CHAPTER XLI. OF THE OFFICE OF OUR BLESSED SAVIOUR
20CHAPTER XVII. OF THE CAUSES, GENERATION, AND DEFINITION OF A COMMON-WEALTH
46CHAPTER XLII. OF POWER ECCLESIASTICALL (pt. 1)
21CHAPTER XVIII. OF THE RIGHTS OF SOVERAIGNES BY INSTITUTION
47CHAPTER XLII. OF POWER ECCLESIASTICALL (pt. 2)
22CHAPTER XIX. OF THE SEVERALL KINDS OF COMMON-WEALTH BY INSTITUTION, AND OF SUCCESSION TO THE SOVERAIGNE POWER
48CHAPTER XLIII. OF WHAT IS NECESSARY FOR A MANS RECEPTION INTO THE KINGDOME OF HEAVEN.
23CHAPTER XX. OF DOMINION PATERNALL AND DESPOTICALL
49CHAPTER XLIV. OF SPIRITUALL DARKNESSE FROM MISINTERPRETATION OF SCRIPTURE
24CHAPTER XXI. OF THE LIBERTY OF SUBJECTS
50CHAPTER XLV. OF DAEMONOLOGY, AND OTHER RELIQUES OF THE RELIGION OF THE GENTILES
25CHAPTER XXII. OF SYSTEMES SUBJECT, POLITICALL, AND PRIVATE
51CHAPTER XLVI. OF DARKNESSE FROM VAIN PHILOSOPHY, AND FABULOUS TRADITIONS
26CHAPTER XXIII. OF THE PUBLIQUE MINISTERS OF SOVERAIGN POWER
52CHAPTER XLVII. OF THE BENEFIT THAT PROCEEDETH FROM SUCH DARKNESSE, AND TO WHOM IT ACCREWETH
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