Leviathan

by Thomas Hobbes

Year
1651
Field
Philosophy
Licence
Public domain (Project Gutenberg, US)
Source
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Length
about 212,788 words in 59 sections

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By Thomas Hobbes

1651

LEVIATHAN OR THE MATTER, FORME, & POWER OF A COMMON-WEALTH ECCLESIASTICAL AND CIVILL

Contents

  1. LEVIATHAN · 952 words
  2. CONTENTS OF THE CHAPTERS · THE FIRST PART · OF MAN · INTRODUCTION · 1. OF SENSE · 2. OF IMAGINATION · 3. OF THE CONSEQUENCES OR TRAIN OF IMAGINATIONS · 4. OF SPEECH · 5. OF REASON AND SCIENCE · 20 words
  3. 7. OF THE ENDS OR RESOLUTIONS OF DISCOURSE · 11 words
  4. 9. OF THE SEVERALL SUBJECTS OF KNOWLEDGE · 10. OF POWER, WORTH, DIGNITY, HONOUR, AND WORTHINESSE · 11. OF THE DIFFERENCE OF MANNERS · 12. OF RELIGION · 13 words
  5. 14. OF THE FIRST AND SECOND NATURALL LAWES, AND OF CONTRACT · 15. OF OTHER LAWES OF NATURE · 16. OF PERSONS, AUTHORS, AND THINGS PERSONATED · THE SECOND PART · OF COMMON-WEALTH · 17. OF THE CAUSES, GENERATION, AND DEFINITION OF A COMMON-WEALTH · 18. OF THE RIGHTS OF SOVERAIGNES BY INSTITUTION · 15 words
  6. 20. OF DOMINION PATERNALL, AND DESPOTICALL · 21. OF THE LIBERTY OF SUBJECTS · 22. OF SYSTEMES SUBJECT, POLITICALL, AND PRIVATE · 23. OF THE PUBLIQUE MINISTERS OF SOVERAIGN POWER · 24. OF THE NUTRITION, AND PROCREATION OF A COMMON-WEALTH · 25. OF COUNSELL · 26. OF CIVILL LAWES · 27. OF CRIMES, EXCUSES, AND EXTENUATIONS · 28. OF PUNISHMENTS, AND REWARDS · 14 words
  7. 30. OF THE OFFICE OF THE SOVERAIGN REPRESENTATIVE · 31. OF THE KINGDOM OF GOD BY NATURE · THE THIRD PART · OF A CHRISTIAN COMMON-WEALTH · 32. OF THE PRINCIPLES OF CHRISTIAN POLITIQUES · 46 words
  8. 36. OF THE WORD OF GOD, AND OF PROPHETS · 37. OF MIRACLES, AND THEIR USE · 17 words
  9. 39. OF THE SIGNIFICATION IN SCRIPTURE OF THE WORD CHURCH · 20 words
  10. 41. OF THE OFFICE OF OUR BLESSED SAVIOUR · 42. OF POWER ECCLESIASTICALL · 13 words
  11. THE FOURTH PART · OF THE KINGDOME OF DARKNESSE · 44. OF SPIRITUALL DARKNESSE FROM MISINTERPRETATION OF SCRIPTURE · 45. OF DAEMONOLOGY, AND OTHER RELIQUES OF THE RELIGION OF THE GENTILES · 46. OF DARKNESSE FROM VAINE PHILOSOPHY, AND FABULOUS TRADITIONS · 13 words
  12. 48. A REVIEW AND CONCLUSION · THE INTRODUCTION · 823 words
  13. PART I. OF MAN · CHAPTER I. OF SENSE · 683 words
  14. CHAPTER II. OF IMAGINATION · 2,226 words
  15. CHAPTER III. OF THE CONSEQUENCE OR TRAYNE OF IMAGINATIONS · 1,865 words
  16. CHAPTER IV. OF SPEECH · 3,255 words
  17. CHAPTER V. OF REASON, AND SCIENCE. · 2,595 words
  18. CHAPTER VI. OF THE INTERIOUR BEGINNINGS OF VOLUNTARY MOTIONS · 3,662 words
  19. CHAPTER VII. OF THE ENDS OR RESOLUTIONS OF DISCOURSE · 5,463 words
  20. CHAPTER IX. OF THE SEVERALL SUBJECTS OF KNOWLEDGE · 287 words
  21. PHILOSOPHIA PRIMA · 21 words
  22. GEOMETRY ARITHMETIQUE · 32 words
  23. ASTRONOMY GEOGRAPHY · 42 words
  24. METEOROLOGY · 38 words
  25. SCIOGRAPHY · 8 words
  26. ASTROLOGY · 77 words
  27. OPTIQUES · 4 words
  28. MUSIQUE · 22 words
  29. ETHIQUES · 9 words
  30. POETRY · 3 words
  31. RHETORIQUE · 3 words
  32. LOGIQUE · 57 words
  33. CHAPTER X. OF POWER, WORTH, DIGNITY, HONOUR AND WORTHINESS · 3,048 words
  34. CHAPTER XI. OF THE DIFFERENCE OF MANNERS · 2,710 words
  35. CHAPTER XII. OF RELIGION · 6,491 words
  36. CHAPTER XIV. OF THE FIRST AND SECOND NATURALL LAWES, AND OF CONTRACTS · 4,356 words
  37. CHAPTER XV. OF OTHER LAWES OF NATURE · 5,177 words
  38. CHAPTER XVI. OF PERSONS, AUTHORS, AND THINGS PERSONATED · 1,637 words
  39. PART II. OF COMMON-WEALTH · 1,784 words
  40. CHAPTER XVIII. OF THE RIGHTS OF SOVERAIGNES BY INSTITUTION · 7,548 words
  41. CHAPTER XX. OF DOMINION PATERNALL AND DESPOTICALL · 3,311 words
  42. CHAPTER XXI. OF THE LIBERTY OF SUBJECTS · 4,215 words
  43. CHAPTER XXII. OF SYSTEMES SUBJECT, POLITICALL, AND PRIVATE · 4,736 words
  44. CHAPTER XXIII. OF THE PUBLIQUE MINISTERS OF SOVERAIGN POWER · 1,735 words
  45. CHAPTER XXIV. OF THE NUTRITION, AND PROCREATION OF A COMMON-WEALTH · 2,388 words
  46. CHAPTER XXV. OF COUNSELL · 2,907 words
  47. CHAPTER XXVI. OF CIVILL LAWES · 8,064 words
  48. CHAPTER XXVII. OF CRIMES, EXCUSES, AND EXTENUATIONS · 5,761 words
  49. CHAPTER XXVIII. OF PUNISHMENTS, AND REWARDS · 7,309 words
  50. CHAPTER XXX. OF THE OFFICE OF THE SOVERAIGN REPRESENTATIVE · 6,158 words
  51. CHAPTER XXXI. OF THE KINGDOME OF GOD BY NATURE · 4,297 words
  52. PART III. OF A CHRISTIAN COMMON-WEALTH · CHAPTER XXXII. OF THE PRINCIPLES OF CHRISTIAN POLITIQUES · 14,128 words
  53. CHAPTER XXXVI. OF THE WORD OF GOD, AND OF PROPHETS · 6,295 words
  54. CHAPTER XXXVII. OF MIRACLES, AND THEIR USE · 9,266 words
  55. CHAPTER XXXIX. OF THE SIGNIFICATION IN SCRIPTURE OF THE WORD CHURCH · 5,290 words
  56. CHAPTER XLI. OF THE OFFICE OF OUR BLESSED SAVIOUR · 3,107 words
  57. CHAPTER XLII. OF POWER ECCLESIASTICALL · 35,510 words
  58. PART IV. OF THE KINGDOME OF DARKNESSE · 29,337 words
  59. A REVIEW, AND CONCLUSION · 3,914 words
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