Thomas Hobbes

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).

Thomas Hobbes of Malmesbury

Thomas Hobbes of Malmesbury wrote Leviathan in 1651.

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(Summary adapted from Wikipedia by Leon Mire)... Leviathan, or The Matter, Forme and Power of a Common Wealth Ecclesiasticall and Civil, commonly called Leviathan, is a book written in 1651 by Thomas Hobbes.

Thomas Hobbess

Thomas Hobbess titled the book “Leviathan,’ a large sea monster.

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Hobbes was during Thomas Hobbes's exile that Hobbes wrote Thomas Hobbes's most famous work, Leviathan.

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Introduction by Roger Melin...

(Introduction by Roger Melin)... Leviathan, or The Matter, Forme and Power of a Common Wealth Ecclesiasticall and Civil, commonly called Leviathan, is a book written in 1651 by Thomas Hobbes.

during the English Civil War, when notions of kingship and were central concerns

Political philosopher Thomas Hobbes wrote Leviathan during the English Civil War, when notions of kingship and sovereignty were central concerns.

Mr. Hobbes

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The paper 'Leviathan'

The paper 'Leviathan, The Matter, Forme and Power of a Common Wealth Ecclesiasticall and Civil by Thomas Hobbes' is a perfect example of a book review on social science.

Hobbes's best-known work

Hobbes's best-known work, Leviathan; or, The Matter, Form, and Power of a Commonwealth Ecclesiastical and Civil (1651), is a forceful exposition of Thomas's doctrine of sovereignty.

just like the figure in the frontispiece of Hobbes's "Leviathan, or the Matter, Forme, and Power of a Common Wealth, Ecclesiasticall and Civil" (1651)

It is looking at you just like the figure in the frontispiece of Hobbes's "Leviathan, or the Matter, Forme, and Power of a Common Wealth, Ecclesiasticall and Civil" (1651).

during the brutal English Civil War (1642-1651), a war that was like the American Civil War to Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes, a traumatic event that completely changed Leviathan's worldview from theism to atheism and making Hobbes value peace and constancy above God,

Leviathan' was written during the brutal English Civil War (1642-1651), a war that was like the American Civil War to Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes, a traumatic event that completely changed Leviathan's worldview from theism to atheism and perverted Leviathan's political thinking and writings making Hobbes value peace and constancy above God, truth and liberty.

perverted Leviathan's political thinking and writings truth and liberty

Leviathan' was written during the brutal English Civil War (1642-1651), a war that was like the American Civil War to Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes, a traumatic event that completely changed Leviathan's worldview from theism to atheism and perverted Leviathan's political thinking and writings making Hobbes value peace and constancy above God, truth and liberty.

well into Hobbes's 60s

Hobbes returned to England the same year of the book's publication, and spent most of the rest of Hobbes's long life, Leviathan was written well into Hobbes's 60s.

at a time when Britain was facing both the prospect of disintegration through Civil War and at the hands of the Spaniards, the main colonial sea power rivaling the nascent British Empire foreign conquest

So Hobbes wrote Leviathan at a time when Britain was facing both the prospect of disintegration through Civil War and foreign conquest at the hands of the Spaniards, the main colonial sea power rivaling the nascent British Empire.

Rationalism's doctrine , based on social contract theories (Contractarianism) of the foundation of states and legitimate governments

In Rationalism's“Leviathan” (subtitled “The Matter, Form and Power of a Commonwealth, Ecclesiastical and Civil”) of 1651, Hobbes set out Rationalism's doctrine of the foundation of states and legitimate governments, based on social contract theories (Contractarianism).

as a response to the fear Hobbes experienced during the political turmoil of the English Civil Wars

Leviathan, Hobbes's most important work and one of the most influential philosophical texts produced during the seventeenth century, was written partly as a response to the fear Hobbes experienced during the political turmoil of the English Civil Wars.

Hobbes' doctrine of sovereignty

The Leviathan; or The Matter, Form, and Power of a Commonwealth Ecclesiastical and Civil (1651), exposes Hobbes' doctrine of sovereignty and introduces for the first time the concept of representation to describe the relation between the sovereign and the citizens.

as a refutation of Aristotle as an alternative to Aristotle’s solution to the problem of social order in the Politics

Hobbes wrote Leviathan as a refutation of Aristotle, as an alternative to Aristotle’s solution to the problem of social order in the Politics.