Godina izdanja: Ostalo
ISBN: 9780140431957
Jezik: Engleski
Autor: Strani

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Broj strana: 729
Izdavač: Penguin

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`Written during the turmoil of the English Civil War, Leviathan is an ambition and highly original work of political philosophy. Claiming that man`s essential nature is competitive and selfish, Hobbes formulates the case for a powerful sovereign - or `Leviathan` - to enforce peace and the law, substituting security for the anarchic freedom he believed human beings would otherwise experience. This world view shocked many of Hobbes`s contemporaries, and his work was publicly burnt for sedition and blasphemy when it was first published. But in his rejection of Aristotle`s view of man as a naturally social being, and in his painstaking analysis of the ways in which society can and should function, Hobbes opened up a whole new world of political science.

Based on the original 1651 text, this edition incorporates Hobbes`s own corrections, while also retaining the original spelling and punctuation, and reads with vividness and clarity. C. B. Macpherson`s introduction elucidates for the general reader one of the most fascinating works in modern philosophy.`