Leviathan

LeviathanWritten during a moment in English history when the political and social structures as well as methods of science were in flux and open to interpretation, Leviathan played an essential role in the development of the modern world. Thomas Hobbes, an outspoken royalist, fled to France during the English Civil War. There he wrote this polemic, in which he calls for a powerful sovereign a "Leviathan" to act as an enforcer of peace and justice. Hobbes's

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