Leviathan

Leviathan

Thomas Hobbes, English philosopher, whose famous 1651 book Leviathan set the agenda for nearly all subsequent Western political philosophy (1588-1679)


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Table of Contents

- About This Book

- Introduction

- The First Part. Of Man

- Chapter I. Of Sense

- Chapter Ii. Of Imagination

- Chapter Iii. Of The Consequence Or Train Of Imagination

- Chapter Iv. Of Speech

- Chapter V. Of Reason And Science

- Chapter Vi. Of The Interior Beginnings Of Voluntary Motions, Commonly Called The Passions

- Chapter Vii. Of The Ends Or Resolutions Of Discourse

- Chapter Viii. Of The Virtues Commonly Called Intellectual

- Chapter Ix. Of The Several Subject Of Knowledge

- Chapter X. Of Power, Worth, Dignity, Honour And Worthiness

- Chapter Xi. Of The Difference Of Manners

- Chapter Xii. Of Religion

- Chapter Xiii. Of The Natural Condition Of Mankind As Concerning Their Felicity And Misery

- Chapter Xiv. Of The First And Second Natural Laws, And Of Contracts

- Chapter Xv. Of Other Laws Of Nature

- Chapter Xvi. Of Persons, Authors, And Things Personated

- The Second Part. Of Commonwealth

- Chapter Xvii. Of The Causes, Generation, And Definition Of A Commonwealth

- Chapter Xviii. Of The Rights Of Sovereigns By Institution

- Chapter Xix. Of The Several Kinds Of Commonwealth By Institution, And Of Succession To The Sovereign Power

- Chapter Xx. Of Dominion Paternal And Despotical

- Chapter Xxi. Of The Liberty Of Subjects

- Chapter Xxii. Of Systems Subject Political And Private

- Chapter Xxiii. Of The Public Ministers Of Sovereign Power

- Chapter Xxiv. Of The Nutrition And Procreation Of A Commonwealth

- Chapter Xxv. Of Counsel

- Chapter Xxvi. Of Civil Laws

- Chapter Xxvii. Of Crimes, Excuses, And Extenuations

- Chapter Xxviii. Of Punishments And Rewards

- Chapter Xxix. Of Those Things That Weaken Or Tend To The Dissolution Of A Commonwealth

- Chapter Xxx. Of The Office Of The Sovereign Representative

- Chapter Xxxi. Of The Kingdom Of God By Nature

- The Third Part. Of A Christian Commonwealth

- Chapter Xxxii. Of The Principles Of Christian Politics

- Chapter Xxxiii. Of The Number, Antiquity, Scope, Authority, And Interpreters Of The Books Of Holy Scripture

- Chapter Xxxiv. Of The Signification Of Spirit, Angel, And Inspiration In The Books Of Holy Scripture

- Chapter Xxxv. Of The Signification In Scripture Of Kingdom Of God, Of Holy, Sacred, And Sacrament

- Chapter Xxxvi. Of The Word Of God, And Of Prophets

- Chapter Xxxvii. Of Miracles And Their Use

- Chapter Xxxviii. Of The Signification In Scripture Of Eternal Life, Hell, Salvation, The World To Come, And Redemption

- Chapter Xxxix. Of The Signification In Scripture Of The Word Church

- Chapter Xl. Of The Rights Of The Kingdom Of God, In Abraham, Moses, The High Priests, And The Kings Of Judah

- Chapter Xli. Of The Office Of Our Blessed Saviour

- Chapter Xlii. Of Power Ecclesiastical

- Chapter Xliii. Of What Is Necessary For A Man's Reception Into The Kingdom Of Heaven

- The Fourth Part. Of The Kingdom Of Darkness

- Chapter Xliv. Of Spiritual Darkness From Misinterpretation Of Scripture

- Chapter Xlv. Of Demonology And Other Relics Of The Religion Of The Gentiles

- Chapter Xlvi. Of Darkness From Vain Philosophy And Fabulous Traditions

- Chapter Xlvii. Of The Benefit That Proceedeth From Such Darkness, And To Whom It Accrueth

- A Review And Conclusion