Leviathan, or, The matter, forme and power of a commonwealth, ecclesiasticall and civil / Thomas Hobbes, Michael Oakeshott, R. S. Peters.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hobbes, Thomas, 1588-1679, author.

Peters, R. S. (Richard Stanley), 1919-2011, author.

Oakeshott, Michael, author.

Series:

Collier classics in the history of thought.

Collier classics in the history of thought

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Stories in rhyme.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (511 pages).

Other Title:

Leviathan

Place of Publication:

New York ; London : Collier Books ; : Collier Macmillan Publishers, 1962.

Summary:

Comparable to Plato's Republic in depth and insight, Leviathan includes two society-changing phenomena that Plato didn't dare to dream of -- the rise of great nation-states with their claims to absolute sovereignty, and modern science, with its unprecedented analytic power. To Hobbes, the leviathan -- a mythical sea creature described in the Old Testament -- represented his central thesis: that the state must be strong in order to control and protect its citizens. Even today, Hobbes's thesis in Leviathan is debated among scholars and philosophy aficionados around the globe ... Like Plato's Republic, this book contains ideas on psychology, ethics, law, language, and religion that continue to challenge modern thinkers and exercise a profound influence on Western thought. A classic treatise of philosophy, Leviathan is critical reading for anyone who wishes to examine the human mind through the prisms of government and society.

Contents:

The First Part: Of Man. 1. Of Sense

2. Of Imagination

3. Of the Consequence or Train of Imaginations

4. Of Speech

5. Of Reason and Science

6. Of the Interior Beginnings of Voluntary Motions, commonly called the Passions; and the Speeches by which they are expressed

7. Of the Ends or Resolutions of Discourse

8. Of the Virtues, commonly called Intellectual; and their contrary Defects

9. Of the Several Subjects of Knowledge

10. Of Power, Worth, Dignity, Honour, and Worthiness

11. Of the Difference of Manners

12. Of Religion

13. Of the Natural Condition of Mankind as concerning their Felicity and Misery

14. Of the First and Second Natural Laws, and of Contracts

15. Of other Laws of Nature

16. Of Persons, Authors, and Things Personated The Second Part: Of Commonwealth

17. Of the Causes, Generation, and Definition of a Commonwealth

18. Of the Rights of Sovereigns by Institution

19. Of the several kinds of Commonwealth by Institution; and of Succession to the Sovereign Power

20. Of Dominion Paternal, and Despotical

21. Of the Liberty of Subjects

22. Of Systems Subject, Political, and Private

23. Of the Public Ministers of Sovereign Power

24. Of the Nutrition, and Procreation of a Commonwealth

25. Of Counsel

26. Of Civil Laws

27. Of Crimes, Excuses, and Extenuations

28. Of Punishments, and Rewards

29. Of those things that weaken, or tend to the Dissolution of a Commonwealth

30. Of the Office of the Sovereign Representative

31. Of the Kingdom of God by Nature

The Third Part : Of a Christian Commonwealth

32. Of the Principles of Christian Politics

33. Of the Number, Antiquity, Scope, Authority, and Interpreters of the Books of Holy Scripture

34. Of the Signification of Spirit, Angel, and Inspiration, in the Books of Holy Scripture

35. Of the Signification in Scripture of the Kingdom of God, of Holy, Sacred, and Sacrament

36. Of the Word of God, and of Prophets

37. Of Miracles, and their Use

38. Of the Signification in Scripture of Eternal Life, Hell, Salvation, the World to Come, and Redemption

39. Of the Signification in Scripture of the word Church

40. Of the Rights of the Kingdom of God, in Abraham, Moses, the High-Priests, and the Kings of Judah

41. Of the Office of Our Blessed Saviour

42. Of Power Ecclesiastical

43. Of what is Necessary for a Man's Reception into the Kingdom of Heaven

The Fourth Par: Of the Kingdom of Darkness

44. Of Spiritual Darkness, from Misinterpretation of Scripture

45. Of Demonology, and other Relics of the Religion of the Gentiles

46. Of Darkness from Vain Philosophy, and Fabulous Traditions

47. Of the Benefit that proceedeth from such Darkness; and to whom it accrueth

Review, and Conclusion.

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