Leviathan (World Philosophers and Their Works)
At a glance:
- Author: Thomas Hobbes
- First Published: 1651
- Genres: Nonfiction, Philosophy, Politics
- Subjects: Justice, Philosophy or philosophers, Law or legislation, Christianity, Aristocracy or aristocrats, Democracy, Heads of state, Monarchy
Context
Leviathan is primarily a treatise on the philosophy of politics. It also contains important discussions—some brief, some extended—on metaphysics, epistemology, psychology, language, ethics, and religion. In this work, Thomas Hobbes develops his views from a metaphysics of materialism and a mechanical analogy in which everything is a particle or set of particles moving in accordance with laws. Though he was at one time secretary to English philosopher and essayist Francis Bacon, his inspiration came from Galileo, the Italian mathematician and physicist. Hobbes...
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