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Lifetime: 1832 - 1904 Passed: ≈ 120 years ago

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Leslie Stephen

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Hobbes

Philosophy Political Science
Social Contract Theory State of nature Leviathan Absolute Sovereignty Mortal God Governing Machine

Thomas Hobbes's "Leviathan" is a classic work of political philosophy that explores the nature of government and the relationship between the individual and the state. Hobbes argues that in the state of nature, life is "solitary, poor, nasty, brutish...