Leviathan

Thomas Hobbes

• 19 december 2016
• 1230001476934

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First published as Leviathan or The Matter, Forme and Power of a Common Wealth Ecclesiasticall by Thomas Hobbes in 1651, Leviathan is a treatise on the origins and ends of government. This classic defense of secular monarchy, written while the Puritan Commonwealth ruled England, is essential reading for historians and students of political science.

This new digital edition of Leviathan includes an image gallery with portraits of Hobbes and other key figures in the English Civil War.