![]() ![]() The second, the sum of the right of nature, which is: by all means we can to defend ourselves. The first branch of which rule containeth the first and fundamental law of nature, which is: to seek peace and follow it. And consequently it is a precept, or general rule of reason: that every man ought to endeavour peace, as far as he has hope of obtaining it and when he cannot obtain it, that he may seek and use all helps and advantages of war. And therefore, as long as this natural right of every man to every thing endureth, there can be no security to any man, how strong or wise soever he be, of living out the time which nature ordinarily alloweth men to live. Thus Leviathan overall, and Book IV in particularly, appeals to the Enlightenment theme of reason as a liberator of humankind. ![]() First published in 1651, Leviathan or, The Matter, Form, and Power of a Commonwealth, Ecclesiastical and Civil develops a theory of politics presented in Hobbes’s earlier work (composed in Latin ), De. is a condition of war of every one against every one, in which case every one is governed by his own reason, and there is nothing he can make use of that may not be a help unto him in preserving his life against his enemies it followeth that in such a condition every man has a right to every thing, even to one another's body. Leviathan study guide contains a biography of Thomas Hobbes, literature essays, a complete e-text, quiz questions, major themes, characters, and a full summary and analysis. Leviathan, magnum opus of the early-modern English political philosopher, ethicist, metaphysician, and scientist Thomas Hobbes (15881679). ![]()
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