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Leviathan

Thomas Hobbes, 1651

Thomas Hobbes's treatise on the nature of man and the origin of government, arguing that without a common power to keep them in awe men live in a war of all against all, and so must give up their rights to an absolute sovereign.

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Contents

  1. To My Most Honor’d Friend Mr. Francis Godolphin of Godolphin
  2. The Introduction

Part I: Of Man

  1. Chapter IOf Sense
  2. Chapter IIOf Imagination
  3. Chapter IIIOf the Consequence or Trayne of Imaginations
  4. Chapter IVOf Speech
  5. Chapter VOf Reason, and Science
  6. Chapter VIOf the Interiour Beginnings of Voluntary Motions
  7. Chapter VIIOf the Ends or Resolutions of Discourse
  8. Chapter VIIIOf the Vertues Commonly Called Intellectual; and Their Contrary Defects
  9. Chapter IXOf the Severall Subjects of Knowledge
  10. Chapter XOf Power, Worth, Dignity, Honour and Worthiness
  11. Chapter XIOf the Difference of Manners
  12. Chapter XIIOf Religion
  13. Chapter XIIIOf the Naturall Condition of Mankind, as Concerning Their Felicity, and Misery
  14. Chapter XIVOf the First and Second Naturall Lawes, and of Contracts
  15. Chapter XVOf Other Lawes of Nature
  16. Chapter XVIOf Persons, Authors, and Things Personated

Part II: Of Common-wealth

  1. Chapter XVIIOf the Causes, Generation, and Definition of a Common-wealth
  2. Chapter XVIIIOf the Rights of Soveraignes by Institution
  3. Chapter XIXOf the Severall Kinds of Common-wealth by Institution, and of Succession to the Soveraigne Power
  4. Chapter XXOf Dominion Paternall and Despoticall
  5. Chapter XXIOf the Liberty of Subjects
  6. Chapter XXIIOf Systemes Subject, Politicall, and Private
  7. Chapter XXIIIOf the Publique Ministers of Soveraign Power
  8. Chapter XXIVOf the Nutrition, and Procreation of a Common-wealth
  9. Chapter XXVOf Counsell
  10. Chapter XXVIOf Civill Lawes
  11. Chapter XXVIIOf Crimes, Excuses, and Extenuations
  12. Chapter XXVIIIOf Punishments, and Rewards
  13. Chapter XXIXOf Those Things That Weaken, or Tend to the Dissolution of a Common-wealth
  14. Chapter XXXOf the Office of the Soveraign Representative
  15. Chapter XXXIOf the Kingdome of God by Nature

Part III: Of a Christian Common-wealth

  1. Chapter XXXIIOf the Principles of Christian Politiques
  2. Chapter XXXIIIOf the Number, Antiquity, Scope, Authority, and Interpreters of the Books of Holy Scripture
  3. Chapter XXXIVOf the Signification of Spirit, Angel, and Inspiration in the Books of Holy Scripture
  4. Chapter XXXVOf the Signification in Scripture of Kingdome of God, of Holy, Sacred, and Sacrament
  5. Chapter XXXVIOf the Word of God, and of Prophets
  6. Chapter XXXVIIOf Miracles, and Their Use
  7. Chapter XXXVIIIOf the Signification in Scripture of Eternall Life, Hell, Salvation, the World to Come, and Redemption
  8. Chapter XXXIXOf the Signification in Scripture of the Word Church
  9. Chapter XLOf the Rights of the Kingdome of God, in Abraham, Moses, High Priests, and the Kings of Judah
  10. Chapter XLIOf the Office of Our Blessed Saviour
  11. Chapter XLII (1 of 4)Of Power Ecclesiasticall
  12. Chapter XLII (2 of 4)
  13. Chapter XLII (3 of 4)
  14. Chapter XLII (4 of 4)
  15. Chapter XLIIIOf What Is Necessary for a Mans Reception into the Kingdome of Heaven

Part IV: Of the Kingdome of Darknesse

  1. Chapter XLIVOf Spirituall Darknesse from Misinterpretation of Scripture
  2. Chapter XLVOf Daemonology, and Other Reliques of the Religion of the Gentiles
  3. Chapter XLVIOf Darknesse from Vain Philosophy, and Fabulous Traditions
  4. Chapter XLVIIOf the Benefit That Proceedeth from Such Darknesse, and to Whom It Accreweth
  1. A Review, and Conclusion