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Of Man

  • Imprint: Penguin

  • ISBN: 9780141964256

  • Length: 144  Pages

  • RRP: £4.99

Of Man

The founding father of modern political philosophy, Thomas Hobbes, living in an era of horrific violence, saw human life as meaningless and cruel; here, he argues the only way to escape this brutality is for all to accept a 'social contract' that acknowledges the greater authority of a Sovereign leader.

  • Imprint: Penguin

  • ISBN: 9780141964256

  • Length: 144  Pages

  • RRP: £4.99

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Thomas Hobbes

Thomas Hobbes was an English philosopher. Born in Malmesbury, Wiltshire, he studied at Oxford and spent most of his life employed by the aristocratic Cavendish family. His publications included a translation of Thucydides' History of the Peloponnesian War (1629); a comprehensive philosophical system set out in his trilogy, De Corpore (1655), De Homine (1658), and De Cive (1642); and the major statement of his political theory, Leviathan (1651). He died at Hardwick Hall in Derbyshire.'

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