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Leviathan
Politische Philosophie
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State, the
Political science, philosophy
The State
Social sciences
Political science
Early works to 1800
Philosophy
Written during the turmoil of the English Civil War, Leviathan is an ambitious and highly original work of political philosophy. Claiming that man's essential nature is competitive and selfish, Hobbes formulates the case for a powerful sovereign—or "Leviathan"—to enforce peace and the law, substitut…
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