Leviathan Royal Collector's Edition Case Laminate Hardcover with Jacket Hobbes Thomas
Leviathan Royal Collector's Edition Case Laminate Hardcover with Jacket Hobbes Thomas Leviathan ranks as a classic Western work on statecraft comparable to Machiavelli's The Prince. Written during…
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Leviathan Royal Collector's Edition Case Laminate Hardcover with Jacket Hobbes Thomas
Leviathan ranks as a classic Western work on statecraft comparable to Machiavelli's The Prince. Written during the English Civil War (1642-1651), Leviathan argues for a social contract and rule by an absolute sovereign. It concerns the structure of society and legitimate government, and is regarded as one of the earliest and most influential examples of social contract theory.
In item 6 Hobbes is explicitly in favour of censorship of the press and restrictions on the rights of free speech should they be considered desirable by the sovereign to promote order. Hobbes wrote that civil war and the brute situation of a state of nature ("the war of all against all") could only be avoided by strong, undivided government.Hobbes explicitly rejects the idea of Separation of Powers. Hobbes explicitly states that the sovereign has authority to assert power over
Leviathan - Hobbes, Thomas
Leviathan - Thomas Hobbes
Leviathan - Hobbes, Thomas