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Absolute power versus brutal chaos: the price of peace explored.
Summary
Thomas Hobbes’s Leviathan is a foundational work of political philosophy advocating for a strong, centralized government to prevent civil war and chaos.
Leviathan argues that human life in a ‘state of nature’ is a brutal ‘war of all against all,’ leading people to enter a social contract, surrendering individual freedoms to an absolute sovereign for protection and order. Written during the English Civil War, it proposes that individuals enter a social contract, surre…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9789355228253 |
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| ISBN-10: | 9355228252 |
| Author: | Thomas Hobbes |
| Publisher: | Classy Publishing |
| Imprint: | Classy Publishing |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 428 |
| Release Date: | 7 October 2025 |
| Weight: | 567g |
| Dimensions: | 229mm x 152mm x 22mm |
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