In the canon
Leviathan
- Form
- Form Philosophy
- Year
- Year 1651
- Pages
- Pages 540
A philosopher argues that without a powerful ruler to fear, human life collapses into a war of all against all, and reasons that people must trade their freedom for an absolute sovereign strong enough to keep the peace.
The life of man, solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short.
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