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")."

LEVIATHAN
or The Matter, Forme and Power of a Common Wealth Ecclesiasticall and Civil-commonly referred to as Leviathan-is a book written by Thomas Hobbes (1588-1679) and published in 1651 (revised Latin edition 1668). Its name derives from the biblical Leviathan. The work concerns the structure of society and legitimate government, and is regarded as one of the earliest and most influential examples of social contract theory. Leviathan ranks as a classic western work on statecraft comparable to Machiavelli's The Prince. Written during the English Civil War (1642-1651), Leviathan...

"Leviathan" from Thomas Hobbes. English philosopher, whose famous 1651 book Leviathan set the agenda for nearly all subsequent Western political philosophy (1588-1679).

" 1. Pour se faire une idee claire des elements du droit naturel et de la politique, il est important de connaitre la nature de l'homme, de savoir ce que c'est qu'un corps politique et ce que nous entendons par loi. 2. La nature de l'homme est la somme de ses facultes naturelles, telles que la nutrition, le mouvement, la generation, la sensibilite, la raison, etc. Nous nous accordons tous a nommer ces facultes naturelles; elles sont renfermees dans la notion de l'homme que l'on definit un animal raison-nable. 3. D'apres les deux parties dont l'homme est compose, je distingue en lui deux...

Leviathan or The Matter, Forme and Power of a Common Wealth Ecclesiasticall and Civil-commonly referred to as Leviathan-is a book written by Thomas Hobbes (1588-1679) and published in 1651. Its name derives from the biblical Leviathan. The work concerns the structure of society and legitimate government, and is regarded as one of the earliest and most influential examples of social contract theory. Leviathan ranks as a classic western work on statecraft comparable to Machiavelli's The Prince. Written during the English Civil War (1642-1651), Leviathan argues for a social contract and rule by...