Beskrivning
The Leviathan is the vast unity of the State. But how are unity, peace and security to be attained? Hobbes's answer is sovereignty, but the resurgence of interest today in Leviathan is due less to its answers than its methods. Hobbes sees politics as a science capable of the same axiomatic approach as geometry: he argues from first principles to human nature to politics.
This book's appeal to the twentieth century lies not just in its elevation of politics to a science, but in its overriding concern for peace.
This book's appeal to the twentieth century lies not just in its elevation of politics to a science, but in its overriding concern for peace.
Bokdetaljer
Format
Kindle
Sidor
736 sidor
Språk
Engelska
Publicerad
aug 23, 2003
Förlag
Penguin
Upplagor
693 utgåvor