Leviathan
by Thomas Hobbes
Written more than three-and-a-half centuries ago in the shadow of the English Civil War, Leviathan remains a profound and relevant study of both why societies fall into conflict and what they should do about it.
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“The best reason for reading Hobbes is that no other philosopher has ever used the English language to such powerful effect. It is a really remarkable feat of dialectic. You find yourself agreeing with him at each stage of the reasoning as he builds up his case then, quite suddenly, you find that you’ve arrived at a conclusion which seems intolerable.” Read more...
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