Leviathan is a seventeenth-century work on what the author felt was a good structure for society and legitimate government. The book was written during the English Civil War, and argues for a social contract between an absolute sovereign and the subjects of a commonwealth. While the work was written with the social structures of the time as influences, it also addresses many questions regarding the elements of the civil society that are still debated today. These include concepts of ex post facto law, fair tax structure, and the difference between natural law and civil law, among others. This...
Leviathan is a seventeenth-century work on what the author felt was a good structure for society and legitimate government. The book was written durin...
Leviathan is a seventeenth-century work on what the author felt was a good structure for society and legitimate government. The book was written during the English Civil War, and argues for a social contract between an absolute sovereign and the subjects of a commonwealth. While the work was written with the social structures of the time as influences, it also addresses many questions regarding the elements of the civil society that are still debated today. These include concepts of ex post facto law, fair tax structure, and the difference between natural law and civil law, among others. This...
Leviathan is a seventeenth-century work on what the author felt was a good structure for society and legitimate government. The book was written durin...
Leviatan, es el libro mas conocido del filosofo politico ingles Thomas Hobbes. Publicado en 1651, su titulo hace referencia al monstruo biblico Leviatan, de poder descomunal ("Nadie hay tan osado que lo despierte... De su grandeza tienen temor los fuertes... No hay sobre la Tierra quien se le parezca, animal hecho exento de temor. Menosprecia toda cosa alta; es rey sobre todos los soberbios")."
Leviatan, es el libro mas conocido del filosofo politico ingles Thomas Hobbes. Publicado en 1651, su titulo hace referencia al monstruo biblico Leviat...