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EPISODE · Jun 12, 2025 · 42 MIN

Hobbes's Leviathan

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Unpack Hobbes's Leviathan: A foundational text on human nature, the brutal state of nature, and the necessity of absolute sovereignty. Discover the logic behind the social contract and the chilling cost of peace. Works cited: Blenheim Partners. "15 Lessons from Machiavelli." Blenheim Partners, n.d. Cambridge University Press. "Hobbes: Leviathan." Higher Education from Cambridge University Press, 1996, https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511808166. English Heritage. "The English Civil Wars: Origins, Events and Legacy." English Heritage, n.d. EBSCO Research Starters. "Hobbes Publishes Leviathan." EBSCO Research Starters, n.d. Gardner, David. "Thomas Hobbes and Niccolo Machiavelli: A Comparison." E-International Relations, 1 Sept. 2010, https://www.e-ir.info/2010/09/01/thomas-hobbes-and-niccolo-machiavelli-a-comparison/. Hampton, Jean. Hobbes and the Social Contract Tradition. Cambridge University Press, 1986. Harrison, Spencer John Harry. Thomas Hobbes and the phenomena of civil war: A textual exposition of Hobbes's commitment to the empirical and historical existence of the state of nature. 2023. Durham U, MA thesis. Durham E-Theses Online, http://etheses.dur.ac.uk/14822/. Heyrman, Christine Leigh. "Puritanism and Predestination." Divining America, TeacherServe®, National Humanities Center, n.d., https://nationalhumanitiescenter.org/tserve/eighteen/ekeyinfo/puritan.htm. Hobbes, Thomas. Leviathan: Revised Student Edition. Edited by Richard Tuck, Cambridge University Press, 1996. Hobbes, Thomas. Leviathan: With Selected Variants from the Latin Edition of 1668. Edited by Edwin Curley, Hackett Publishing Company, 1994. Hobbes, Thomas. Leviathan: With Selected Variants from the Latin Edition of 1668. Edited by Edwin Curley, Hackett Publishing Company, 1994. Amazon.com, https://www.amazon.com/Leviathan-selected-variants-Latin-edition/dp/0872201775. Hobbes, Thomas. "Leviathan Part 1: Man." Edited by Jonathan Bennett, Early Modern Texts, 2017. Kashyap, Shubhankar. "Tracing Hobbes in Realist International Relations Theory." n.d. Korab-Karpowicz, W. Julian. "Political Realism in International Relations." Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, The Metaphysics Research Lab, Stanford University, 2023. Libcom.org. "1642-1652: The Diggers and the Levellers." Libcom.org, n.d. Lloyd, Sharon A., and Susanne Sreedhar. "Hobbes's Moral and Political Philosophy." Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, The Metaphysics Research Lab, Stanford University, 2022. Mendle, Michael, editor. The Putney Debates of 1647: The Army, the Levellers and the English State. Cambridge University Press, 2001. Morrill, John. "Society and Economic Life." Stuart Britain: A Very Short Introduction, by Morrill, Oxford UP, 2000. Oxford Academic, 24 Sept. 2013, https://doi.org/10.1093/actrade/9780192854001.003.0001. Reddit. "Thoughts on Hobbes' Leviathan? Do you think modern day politics abide to it?" Reddit, n.d. Reddit. "What was The Digger movement in the 17th century? What did they want and what happened to them? : r/AskHistorians." Reddit, n.d. Skinner, Quentin. Hobbes and Republican Liberty. Cambridge University Press, 2008. Springborg, Patricia, editor. The Cambridge Companion to Hobbes's Leviathan. Cambridge University Press, 2007, https://doi.org/10.1017/CCOL0521836670. Unstated Author. "Understanding Political Realism: A Review of the Thoughts of Thucydides, Machiavelli, Hobbes, and Morgenthau." Journal Mengeja.ID, n.d.

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