Title | Leviathan, or, The matter, forme, and power of a common-wealth, ecclesiasticall and civill |
Subject | Political science; State, The |
Creator | Hobbes, Thomas, 1588-1679 |
Description | Written during the English Civil War (1642-1651), Leviathan argues for a social contract and rule by an absolute sovereign. Hobbes wrote that civil war and the brute situation of a state of nature ("the war of all against all") could only be avoided by strong, undivided government. |
Date | 1651 |
Type | Text |
Format | application/pdf |
Language | eng |
Rights Management | https://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/ |
Holding Institution | J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah |
Scanning Technician | Jaclyn Martin |
Call Number | JC153 .H65 1651a |
ARK | ark:/87278/s6z65ncz |
Setname | uum_rbc |
ID | 1496769 |
Reference URL | https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6z65ncz |
Title | Page 6 |
OCR Text | Show |
Format | application/pdf |
Setname | uum_rbc |
ID | 1496775 |
Reference URL | https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6z65ncz/1496775 |