Leviathan, or The Matter, Forme and Power of a Common-Wealth Ecclesiasticall and Civil
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"Leviathan, or The Matter, Forme and Power of a Common-Wealth Ecclesiasticall and Civil" is a 1651 political philosophy treatise by Thomas Hobbes that argues for a powerful sovereign authority as the basis of social order and civil peace.
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| Leviathan, or The Matter, Forme and Power of a Common-Wealth Ecclesiasticall and Civil canonical | 1 |
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
book
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political philosophy treatise ⓘ |
| addresses |
legitimacy of political authority
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relationship between church and state ⓘ |
| arguesFor |
absolute sovereignty
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strong centralized authority ⓘ |
| author | Thomas Hobbes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| centralThesis | A powerful sovereign authority is necessary to secure social order and civil peace ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | England ⓘ |
| describes | state of nature as a condition of war of every man against every man ⓘ |
| firstPublishedIn | London NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fullTitle | Leviathan, or The Matter, Forme and Power of a Common-Wealth Ecclesiasticall and Civil NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
early modern philosophy
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political realism ⓘ |
| hasIconicImage | frontispiece depicting a giant sovereign composed of many people ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Part I Of Man
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Part II Of Commonwealth ⓘ Part III Of a Christian Commonwealth ⓘ Part IV Of the Kingdom of Darkness ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | 17th century ⓘ |
| influenced |
later political philosophers
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modern social contract theory ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
English Civil War
NERFINISHED
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materialism ⓘ mechanistic philosophy ⓘ |
| introducesConcept | social contract as basis of political obligation ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| notableFor |
influential account of the social contract
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pessimistic view of human nature in the state of nature ⓘ systematic defense of absolute sovereignty ⓘ |
| opposes |
division of sovereign power
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political anarchy ⓘ |
| philosophicalPosition |
materialism in human nature
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political absolutism ⓘ |
| philosophicalTradition | Western political philosophy ⓘ |
| proposes | transfer of individual rights to a sovereign for security ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1651 ⓘ |
| relatedConcept |
civil law
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commonwealth ⓘ natural law ⓘ |
| shortTitle | Leviathan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subject |
authority of the sovereign
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civil peace ⓘ political philosophy ⓘ social contract theory ⓘ sovereignty ⓘ state of nature ⓘ |
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