EAN: 9780192868749

Bilder-Quelle: averdo

'He that is to govern a whole Nation must read inhimself not this or that particular man but Man-kind.' Thomas Hobbes's Leviathan is not just one of the greatest philosophicaltexts in the English language it is one of the most important works in thehistory of Western political thought. Almost every major tradition in thecenturies after Hobbes - from radical democracy to authoritarianism - hasbeen influenced by its arguments. Written in exile in a period of dramaticdevelopments - civil war and regicide - Leviathan is in some ways theproduct of its own special circumstances. And yet at the same time it deals with fundamental issues that matter to all of us today: the natureand purpose of the state the relation between human nature and politics the idea of natural rights the justification of authority the concept ofrepresentation the nature of sovereignty the limits of obedience andthe relationship between religious obligations and human ones. This new edition offers a definitive text drawn from more than twentyyears of research by Noel Malcolm including in English translation allthe most significant revisions made in Hobbes's later Latin translation of Leviathan as well as extensive explanatory notes that elucidate Hobbes'slanguage and identify the many Biblical classical and other allusionsthat are scattered through his text.

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