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Leviathan
by Thomas Hobbes
The state of nature as war of all against all, and the sovereign as the only escape. Dark, systematic, foundational to modern political thought.
Read it if…
you want the hardest case for strong authority.
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Skip it if…
you want Locke's optimism.
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Three things you will actually use
- Fear founds order.
- Life without order is nasty, brutish and short.
- Sovereignty is a covenant.
Do this first
Read chapters thirteen through seventeen.
Our verdict
Hobbes's Leviathan.
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