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  Online Encyclopedia and Dictionary - Leviathan (book)
Leviathan is the most famous and influential book of political philosophy by Thomas Hobbes, published in 1651.
The book concerns the structure of society (as represented figuratively by the frontispiece, showing the society giant made up of individuals), as is evidenced by the full title "Leviathan or the matter, forme and power of a common-wealth ecclesiasticall and civill".
There be other names of government in the histories and books of policy; as tyranny and oligarchy; but they are not the names of other forms of government, but of the same forms misliked.
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 ipedia.com: Thomas Hobbes Article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Hobbes' leviathan state is infinitely authoritative in matters pertaining to aggression, one man waging war on another, or any matters pertaining to the cohesiveness of the state.
Leviathan was written during the English Civil war and much of the book is occupied with demonstrating the necessity of a strong central authority to avoid the evil of discord and civil war.
In Leviathan Hobbes explicitly states that the sovereign has authority to assert power over matters of faith and doctrine, and that not to do so is a recipe for discord.
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Leviathan (1651) by Thomas Hobbes, is one of the most famous and influential books of political philosophy.
In the book, Thomas Hobbes gives an argument for a social contract and rule by a sovereign.
A quote from Leviathan was once used in the wikipedia logo.
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 On Power: The Independent Institute | About the book, Crisis and Leviathan, by Robert Higgs | Introduction
My concern in this book is mainly with the widening scope of the legislative, executive, administrative, and judicial powers exercised by the persons who constitute the federal government.
One must remember that the growth of the federal government is only part of the story of the growth of government.
Buchanan, The Limits of Liberty: Between Anarchy and Leviathan (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1975), pp.
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 Dictionary.com/Hobbes
English philosopher and political theorist best known for his book Leviathan (1651), in which he argues that the only way to secure civil society is through universal submission to the absolute authority of a sovereign.
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