Description Leviathan is a book written by Thomas Hobbes (1588-1679) and published in 1651.
Written during the English Civil War (1642-1651), Leviathan argues for a social cont.
Leviathan ranks as a classic western work on statecraft comparable to Machiavelli\'s The Prince.
The work concerns the structure of society and legitimate government, and is regarded as one of the earliest and most influential examples of social contract theory.
Its name derives from the biblical Leviathan.
Description Leviathan is a book written by Thomas Hobbes (1588-1679) and published in 1651