Leviathan [English Version] - Couverture souple

Hobbes, Thomas

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1840227338 ISBN 13 : 9781840227338

Editeur : Wordsworth Editions Ltd, 2014

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

With an Introduction by Dr Richard Serjeantson, Trinity College, Cambridge.

Since its first publication in 1651, Thomas Hobbes s Leviathan has been recognised as one of the most compelling, and most controversial, works of political philosophy written in English. Forged in the crucible of the civil and religious warfare of the mid-seventeenth century, it proposes a political theory that combines an unequivocal commitment to natural human liberty with the conviction that the sovereign power of government must be exercised absolutely. Leviathan begins from some shockingly naturalistic starting-points: an analysis of human nature as being motivated by vain-glory and pride, and a vision of religion as simply the fear of invisible powers made up by the mind. Yet from these deliberately unpromising elements, Hobbes constructs with unparalleled forcefulness an elaborate, systematic, and comprehensive account of how political society ought to be: ordered, law-bound, peaceful. In Leviathan, Hobbes presents us with a portrait of politics which depicts how a state that is made up of the unified body of all its citizens will be powerful, fruitful, protective of each of its members, and above all free from internal violence.

Biographie de l'auteur :

Thomas Hobbes of Malmesbury (5 April 1588 – 4 December 1679), was an English philosopher, best known today for his work on political philosophy. His 1651 book Leviathan established social contract theory, the foundation of most later Western political philosophy. He was one of the founders of modern political philosophy and political science. In addition to political philosophy, Hobbes also contributed to a diverse array of other fields, including history, geometry, the physics of gases, theology, ethics, and general philosophy.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Wordsworth Editions Ltd
• Date d'édition: 2014
• ISBN 10: 1840227338
• ISBN 13: 9781840227338
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 592