Hobbes's Leviathan: reprinted from the edition of 1651
599 pages•about 12 h 30 min to read•Public domain
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A work of political philosophy, Leviathan argues that civil peace depends on sovereign authority and develops that claim through accounts of human nature, law, religion, and the commonwealth. When Hobbes considers criminal responsibility, he distinguishes a sudden impulse from a planned offense and observes that repeated leniency can encourage further wrongdoing. Public law, in his account, takes precedence over each person’s private judgment. In a discussion of the Trinity, he explains divine persons through the idea of representation, while insisting that each represents the one God.
