Details: 'He that is to govern a whole Nation, must read in^Ahimself, not this, or that particular man; but Man-kind.'
Thomas Hobbes's Leviathan^Ais not just one of the greatest philosophical^Atexts in the English language; it is one of the most important works in the^Ahistory of Western political thought. Almost every major tradition in the^Acenturies after Hobbes - from radical democracy to authoritarianism - has^Abeen influenced by its arguments. Written in exile in a period of dramatic^Adevelopments - civil war and regicide - Leviathan^Ais in some ways the^Aproduct of its own special circumstances. And yet, at the same time,^Ait deals with fundamental issues that matter to all of us today: the nature^Aand purpose of the state, the relation between human nature and politics,^Athe idea of natural rights, the justification of authority, the concept of^Arepresentation, the nature of sovereignty, the limits of obedience, and^Athe relationship between religious obligations and human ones.
This new edition offers a definitive text drawn from more than twenty^Ayears of research by Noel Malcolm, including, in English translation, all^Athe most significant revisions made in Hobbes's later Latin translation of Leviathan, as well as extensive explanatory notes that elucidate Hobbes's^Alanguage and identify the many Biblical, classical, and other allusions^Athat are scattered through his text.
