5 edition of Thomas Hobbes found in the catalog.
Thomas Hobbes
Arnold A. Rogow
Published
1986
by W.W. Norton in New York
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Written in
Edition Notes
Bibliography: p. [275]-277.
| Statement | by Arnold A. Rogow. |
| Classifications | |
|---|---|
| LC Classifications | B1246 .R66 1986 |
| The Physical Object | |
| Pagination | 287 p. : |
| Number of Pages | 287 |
| ID Numbers | |
| Open Library | OL2534828M |
| ISBN 10 | 0393022889 |
| LC Control Number | 85015592 |
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Author: Hobbes, Thomas, Title: Leviathan Language: English: LoC Class: JC: Political science: Political theory: Subject: Political science -- Early works to Subject: State, The -- Early.
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Hobbes saw the purpose of the Leviathan as explaining the concepts of man and citizenship; he conceved of the work as contributing to a larger, three-pronged philosophical project that would explain nature in addition to these two phenomena.
To begin his project, Hobbes argues that to understand the state we first need to understand mankind, since the state is nothing but an Author: Thomas Hobbes.
