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Thomas Hobbes's Leviathan, or the Matter, Forme and Power of a Common-wealth Ecclesiasticall and Civill (1651). Argues that only an absolute sovereign, authorized by a hypothetical covenant among all subjects, can secure peace by ending the war of all against all that Hobbes takes to define the natural condition of humankind.

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1651 1
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English 1
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Thomas Hobbes, Philosophers
Source Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy

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Political Philosophy, Branches of Philosophy
Source Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
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  • Also in Political Atlas: Leviathan, the same subject.
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1. Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
Stanford University, Center for the Study of Language and Informationentry: Hobbes's Moral and Political Philosophy
Quote, entry: Hobbes's Moral and Political Philosophy
his masterwork Leviathan rivals in significance the political writings of Plato, Aristotle, Locke, Rousseau, Kant, and Rawls.
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1. Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
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1. Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
Stanford University, Center for the Study of Language and InformationIn Branch: Political PhilosophyView the Source
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