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Including contributions from such notable scholars as David Gauthier, Noel Malcolm, D.D. Raphael, and Richard Tuck, this volume offers a variety of views on central aspects of Hobbes's life and work, including the importance of his political theory and the wider context of that theory. ... Read more

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Leviatan es el gran tratado de filosofia politica que el mundo barroco lego a la Ilustracion y a toda la posteridad del pensamiento politico occidental. A partir de Thomas Hobbes (1588-1679) piensan y escriben Spinoza, Pufendorf, Locke, Hume, Diderot, Rousseau, Kant, Hegel, Marx, retomando sus argumentos para deconstruirlos y reconstruirlos con su particular intelecto frente al tiempo historico que les toco vivir. Auguste Comte reconocio a Thomas Hobbes como uno de sus grandes maestros; a partir de el construye Max Weber su sociologia politica.Hobbes murio hace mas de tres siglos. La historia politica y el pensamiento occidental avanzaron desde entonces un largo trecho. La serena lectura de su obra siempre despierta y enriquece nuestra comprension de la politica, puesto que sus libros principalmente Leviatan hicieron razonablemente pensable, investigable y operable el campo politico.El traductor, Antonio Escohotado, es uno de los mas importantes filosofos de su generacion. Carlos Moya, el autor del prologo, es catedratico de Sociologia y escritor. ... Read more

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The First Modern Political Philosopher
Thomas Hobbes (1588-1679) wrote "Leviathan" in 1651, it was his most important philosophical work.I think you should know something of Hobbes to understand how his thinking was influenced by his experiences.He was born 2 months prematurely on the day the Spanish Armada approaches the English coast.His mother's fear of invasion caused the premature birth.Hobbes remarked late in life, "his mother brought forth twins-myself and fear."Fear seems to be Hobbes life long companion and the key passion in his political system, which uses human passions as its foundation.He was a child prodigy reading Latin and Greek at the age of six years old.At fifteen, he entered Oxford University and hated his educational experience there.He thought the curriculum was too immersed in the ancient Greek philosophers like Aristotle.He called them "erroneous doctrines," and throughout his life he railed against English universities for there stodgy curriculum.

At the age of 22, he graduates and takes a job to tutor the son of the Earl of Devonshire.It gives him the opportunity to travel throughout Europe where he meets with Galileo in Florence and Descartes in Paris.Descartes calls Hobbes the greatest political philosopher of his day.During the British civil war, Hobbes flees to Paris because he is a well-known monarchist sympathizer.In 1651, he publishes his monumental work "Leviathan."He returns to England, submits to Cromwell's government, and withdraws from politics.He is on friendly terms with Charles II when the Stuart's are restored to the throne.

Hobbes philosophy is "materialistic"; he is greatly influenced by Galileo's mechanistic approach to science, and Euclidian geometry.His ambition was to explain all phenomena, man, and government with mathematical precision.In "Leviathan," he explains human conduct is a product of human passions.The most dominant passions are fear of violent death and desire for power, both are manifestations of man's most basic impulse, "self preservation."Hobbes asserts that the basic impulse is the right of the individual; he calls it a "natural right."All men process this natural right equally.This theory leads Hobbes to believe man's natural state to be one of constant conflict with each other.This leads him to write the following quote he is most known for: "men's lives are solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short."So as not to have to live in constant state of fear or conflict, men make a contract for protection with the state.Hobbes believes that the best state is one led by a single sovereign whose power must be unrestricted with all three branches of government devolving to him.A single sovereign who has absolute power and cannot be replaced by the people.

His political writing had immediate influence in the world and influences other philosophers like Spinoza, Hutcheson, Locke, and Hume.Hobbes is the first man to write about political philosophy in such methodical terms.He is an excellent writer and his theories are easy to understand by the laymen.As a graduate student of political philosophy, I recommend if you have an interest in politics, philosophy, or government then you must start with reading Hobbes "Leviathan."
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Hausarbeit aus dem Jahr 2003 im Fachbereich Philosophie - Philosophie des 17. und 18. Jahrhunderts, einseitig bedruckt, Note: 1,9, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen (Philosophische Fakultät), Veranstaltung: Rechtsphilosophie, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Der Naturzustand bzw. das Naturzustandstheorem ist erst seit Hobbes die normativ-analytische Basis der politischen Theorie; der Naturzustand als literarisch-politischer Topos ist älter. Bei Aristoteles ist der Naturzustand des Menschen durch das ideale und nicht näher hinterfragbare Dasein des Bürgers in der Polis bezeichnet. Die kleinste gesellschaftliche Einheit bei Aristoteles ist der Haushalt.Das individuierte Einzelwesen ist hier nicht wichtig. Das Naturzustandstheorem hat bei Locke eine sehr viel komplexere Funktion als bei Hobbes. Der Naturzustand- alle Menschen sind frei, rechtsgleich, privat und herrschaftstunabhängig - stellt die positiven Strukturprinzipen der bürgerlichen Gesellschaft als Normen heraus. Er ist, wenn auch als fiktive Abstraktion, bereits ein rechtlicher und politischer Zustand. Der "status civilis" ist lediglich ein abgeleiteter Zustand hiervon. Der Staat ist bei Hobbes konstituierend für den gesellschaftlichen Funktionszusammenhang, bei Locke hingegen substituierend. ... Read more

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Edited by William Molesworth. This Elibron Classics book is a facsimile reprint of a 1844 edition by Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, London. ... Read more

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This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This IS NOT an OCR'd book with strange characters, introduced typographical errors, and jumbled words.This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. ... Read more

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Thomas Hobbes, the English 17^th century philosopher, and Carl Schmitt, Hitler’s ‘crown jurist’, a political thinker and author of an enigmatic book on Hobbes, are increasingly relevant today for two reasons. First, they address the problem of political order, so important when we witness failed states, the privatisation of war, and the rise of political violence that does not derive from the state. Secondly, they are both crucial sources for the use of mythology in politics; moreover, they address the key issue of our time, namely, the relation between politics and religion. This collection of important new essays addresses Hobbes and Schmitt as political thinkers, their importance for present-day politics and society, their conceptions of myth and politics, and Schmitt’s use of Hobbes in (and some say against) the Third Reich. When myth, violence and revelation re-emerge as political forces, it is important to understand Hobbes’s and Schmitt’s answers to the problems of their time – and to those of ours.

This book was based on a special issue of the Critical Review of International Social and Political Philosophy.

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This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This IS NOT an OCR'd book with strange characters, introduced typographical errors, and jumbled words.This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. ... Read more

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This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature. Kessinger Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone! ... Read more

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Hobbes's philosophical discourse is deconstructed as the interplay of the drama of individual behavior as perceived by rational agents and the detached analysis of conflict a by a political geometer. The author solves some long-standing problems in Hobbesian political philosophy (e.g., the role of glory, Hobbes' pessimism) and shows the consistency of Hobbes's attempt to derive absolutism as the only stable political association. ... Read more

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This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This IS NOT an OCR'd book with strange characters, introduced typographical errors, and jumbled words.This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. ... Read more