Leviathan (1651)

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gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:book
gptkbp:adaptation various academic commentaries
gptkbp:author gptkb:Thomas_Hobbes
gptkbp:class JC153.H6
gptkbp:countryOfOrigin gptkb:England
gptkbp:coverArtist gptkb:Abraham_Bosse
gptkbp:fullTitle gptkb:Leviathan,_or_The_Matter,_Forme_and_Power_of_a_Common-Wealth_Ecclesiasticall_and_Civil
gptkbp:genre gptkb:philosophy
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Leviathan (1651)
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:philosophy
Enlightenment thinkers
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:English_Civil_War
classical philosophy
gptkbp:ISBN 978-0-19-283682-3
gptkbp:language English
gptkbp:mediaType gptkb:print
gptkbp:notableFor analysis of human nature
defense of absolute monarchy
discussion of religion and politics
foundational work in social contract theory
impact on Western political thought
gptkbp:notableIdea materialism
Leviathan as metaphor for the state
absolute sovereignty
mechanistic view of society
gptkbp:notableQuote The life of man, solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short.
gptkbp:OCLC 236728
gptkbp:part_of gptkb:Of_Man
gptkb:Of_a_Christian_Commonwealth
gptkb:Of_the_Kingdom_of_Darkness
Of Commonwealth
gptkbp:publicationDate 1651
gptkbp:publisher gptkb:Andrew_Crooke
gptkbp:structure four parts
gptkbp:subject gptkb:state_order
social contract
sovereignty
civil society
gptkbp:translatedInto gptkb:French
gptkb:Latin
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Thomas_Hobbes
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4