Description: Leviathan : Or the Matter, Forme, & Power of a Common-wealth Ecclesiastical and Civill, Paperback by Hobbes, Thomas, ISBN 1512245550, ISBN-13 9781512245554, Like New Used, Free shipping in the US Leviathan is a seventeenth-century work on what the author felt was a good structure for society and legitimate government. Th was written during the English Civil War, and argues for a social contract between an absolute sovereign and the subjects of a commonwealth. While the work was written with the social structures of the time as influences, it also addresses many questions regarding the elements of the civil society that are still debated today. These include concepts of ex post facto law, fair tax structure, and the difference between natural law and civil law, among others. This book rightly ranks among the top treatises on government and statecraft in Western Civilization.
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Book Title: Leviathan : or the Matter, Forme, and Power of a Common-Wealth Ecclesiastical and Civill
Number of Pages: 526 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: CreateSpace
Publication Year: 2015
Topic: Political
Item Height: 1.2 in
Features: Large Type
Genre: Philosophy
Item Weight: 52.3 Oz
Item Length: 11 in
Author: Thomas Hobbes
Item Width: 8.5 in
Format: Trade Paperback
