Leviathan by Thomas Hobbes
Claiming that man's essential nature is competitive and selfish, the author formulates the case for a powerful sovereign or 'Leviathan' to enforce peace and the law, substituting security for the 'solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short' life he believed human beings would otherwise experience.Hobbes, Thomas (1588-1679) is an English philosopher and political theorist, one of the first modern Western thinkers to provide a secular justification for the political state. Regarded as an important early influence on the philosophical doctrine of utilitarianism, Hobbes also contributed to modern psychology and laid the foundations of modern sociology.
C.B. MacPherson was Professor of Political Economy at the University of Toronto.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780140431957 |
| ISBN 10 | 0140431950 |
| Title | Leviathan |
| Author | Thomas Hobbes |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Year published | 1981-11-19 |
| Number of pages | 736 |
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