Leviathan

What it's about

Written during a civil war by a man who was frightened, and it shows: life without a sovereign is solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short, so we trade our liberty for order. Every argument about the state since has been with this book.

Who it's for

- Anyone who wants the case for authority made honestly - Readers of political philosophy at the source - Anyone who has only heard the famous five adjectives

What’s inside

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   THE FIRST PART

   1 min
2. 2

   THE SECOND PART

   1 min
3. 3

   THE THIRD PART

   1 min
4. 4

   THE FOURTH PART

   4 min
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   CHAPTER I. OF SENSE

   3 min
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   CHAPTER II. OF IMAGINATION

   10 min
7. 7

   CHAPTER III. OF THE CONSEQUENCE OR TRAYNE OF IMAGINATIONS

   8 min
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   CHAPTER IV. OF SPEECH

   15 min
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   CHAPTER V. OF REASON, AND SCIENCE.

   12 min
10. 10

    CHAPTER VI. OF THE INTERIOUR BEGINNINGS OF VOLUNTARY MOTIONS

    17 min
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    CHAPTER VII. OF THE ENDS OR RESOLUTIONS OF DISCOURSE

    6 min
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    CHAPTER VIII. OF THE VERTUES COMMONLY CALLED INTELLECTUAL; AND THEIR

    19 min
13. 13

    CHAPTER IX. OF THE SEVERALL SUBJECTS OF KNOWLEDGE

    3 min
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    CHAPTER X. OF POWER, WORTH, DIGNITY, HONOUR AND WORTHINESS

    14 min
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    CHAPTER XI. OF THE DIFFERENCE OF MANNERS

    12 min
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    CHAPTER XII. OF RELIGION

    21 min
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    CHAPTER XIII. OF THE NATURALL CONDITION OF MANKIND,

    8 min
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    CHAPTER XIV. OF THE FIRST AND SECOND NATURALL LAWES, AND OF CONTRACTS

    20 min
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    CHAPTER XV. OF OTHER LAWES OF NATURE

    24 min
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    CHAPTER XVI. OF PERSONS, AUTHORS, AND THINGS PERSONATED

    7 min
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    CHAPTER XVII. OF THE CAUSES, GENERATION, AND DEFINITION OF A

    8 min
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    CHAPTER XVIII. OF THE RIGHTS OF SOVERAIGNES BY INSTITUTION

    16 min
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    CHAPTER XIX. OF THE SEVERALL KINDS OF COMMON-WEALTH BY INSTITUTION,

    18 min
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    CHAPTER XX. OF DOMINION PATERNALL AND DESPOTICALL

    15 min

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