Leviathan
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What’s it about?
In a world without government, life is a war of all against all. Hobbes argues we must surrender our freedom to an absolute sovereign to escape this brutal state and achieve peace.
You’ll learn
- Why the state of nature is a state of war
- How reason leads to the laws of nature
- The social contract creates the Leviathan
- Why absolute sovereignty ensures peace