
LEVIATHAN - By Thomas Hobbes - 1651 - LEVIATHAN OR THE MATTER,FORME, & POWER OF A COMMON-WEALTH ECCLESIASTICAL AND CIVILL - Thomas Hobbes of Malmesbury Printed for Andrew Crooke, at the Green Dragon in St. Paul’s Churchyard, 1651.
THE INTRODUCTION
PART I. OF MAN
CHAPTER I.OF SENSE
CHAPTER II.OF IMAGINATION
CHAPTER III.OF THE CONSEQUENCE OR TRAYNE OF IMAGINATIONS
CHAPTER IV.OF SPEECH - Originall Of Speech
CHAPTER V.OF REASON, AND SCIENCE. - Reason What It Is
CHAPTER VI.OF THE INTERIOUR BEGINNINGS OF VOLUNTARY MOTIONS COMMONLY CALLED THE PASSIONS, AND THE SPEECHES BY WHICH THEY ARE EXPRESSED. - Motion Vitall And Animal
CHAPTER VII.OF THE ENDS OR RESOLUTIONS OF DISCOURSE
Language
en
Duration
~20 hours (1207K characters)
Release date
2002-05-01
Rights
Public domain in the USA.

1588–1679
Best known for Leviathan, he helped shape modern political thought with a hard-edged view of human nature, power, and the need for social order. His writing still feels strikingly direct, especially when he asks what keeps society from falling into chaos.
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