Leviathan

0.91 MB·English

by  Thomas Hobbes

Cover Page: 1
Copyright Page Page: 2
Title Page Page: 4
Preface Page: 7
Contents Page: 6
A Scheme of Reference Page: 8
Introduction Page: 9
A Note on the Text Page: 23
Select Bibliography Page: 26
Chronology Page: 27
Leviathan Page: 28
The Epistle Dedicatory Page: 29
The Contents of the Chapters Page: 30
The Introduction Page: 31
Part 1. Of Man Page: 32
1. OF SENSE Page: 33
2. OF IMAGINATION Page: 34
3. OF THE CONSEQUENCE OR TRAIN OF IMAGINATIONS Page: 36
4. OF SPEECH Page: 38
5. OF REASON AND SCIENCE Page: 42
6. OF THE INTERIOR BEGINNINGS OF VOLUNTARY MOTIONS, COMMONLY CALLED THE PASSIONS; AND THE SPEECHES BY WHICH THEY ARE EXPRESSED Page: 45
7. OF THE ENDS OR RESOLUTIONS OF DISCOURSE Page: 49
8. OF THE VIRTUES, COMMONLY CALLED INTELLECTUAL, AND THEIR CONTRARY DEFECTS Page: 50
9. OF THE SEVERAL SUBJECTS OF KNOWLEDGE Page: 54
10. OF POWER, WORTH, DIGNITY, HONOUR, AND WORTHINESS Page: 55
11. OF THE DIFFERENCE OF MANNERS Page: 59
12. OF RELIGION Page: 62
13. OF THE NATURAL CONDITION OF MANKIND AS CONCERNING THEIR FELICITY AND MISERY Page: 67
14. OF THE FIRST AND SECOND NATURAL LAWS, AND OF CONTRACT Page: 69
15. OF OTHER LAWS OF NATURE Page: 74
16. OF PERSONS, AUTHORS, AND THINGS PERSONATED Page: 79
Part 2. Of Commonwealth Page: 81
17. OF THE CAUSES, GENERATION, AND DEFINITION OF A COMMONWEALTH Page: 82
18. OF THE RIGHTS OF SOVEREIGNS BY INSTITUTION Page: 84
19. OF SEVERAL KINDS OF COMMONWEALTH BY INSTITUTION; AND OF SUCCESSION TO THE SOVEREIGN POWER Page: 88
20. OF DOMINION PATERNAL, AND DESPOTICAL Page: 93
21. OF THE LIBERTY OF SUBJECTS Page: 97
22. OF SYSTEMS SUBJECT, POLITICAL, AND PRIVATE Page: 102
23. OF THE PUBLIC MINISTERS OF SOVEREIGN POWER Page: 107
24. OF THE NUTRITION, AND PROCREATION OF A COMMONWEALTH Page: 109
25. OF COUNSEL Page: 112
26. OF CIVIL LAWS Page: 115
27. OF CRIMES, EXCUSES, AND EXTENUATIONS Page: 123
28. OF PUNISHMENTS, AND REWARDS Page: 129
29. OF THOSE THINGS THAT WEAKEN, OR TEND TO THE DISSOLUTION OF A COMMONWEALTH Page: 133
30. OF THE OFFICE OF THE SOVEREIGN REPRESENTATIVE Page: 138
31. OF THE KINGDOM OF GOD BY NATURE Page: 144
Part 3. Of A Christian Commonwealth Page: 149
32. OF THE PRINCIPLES OF CHRISTIAN POLITICS Page: 150
33. OF THE NUMBER, ANTIQUITY, SCOPE, AUTHORITY, AND INTERPRETERS OF THE BOOKS OF HOLY SCRIPTURE Page: 152
34. OF THE SIGNIFICATION, OF SPIRIT, ANGEL, AND INSPIRATION, IN THE BOOKS OF HOLY SCRIPTURE Page: 157
35. OF THE SIGNIFICATION IN SCRIPTURE OF THE KINGDOM OF GOD, OF HOLY, SACRED, AND SACRAMENT Page: 162
36. OF THE WORD OF GOD, AND OF PROPHETS Page: 166
37. OF MIRACLES, AND THEIR USE Page: 172
38. OF THE SIGNIFICATION IN SCRIPTURE OF ETERNAL LIFE, HELL, SALVATION, THE WORLD TO COME, AND REDEMPTION Page: 175
39. OF THE SIGNIFICATION IN SCRIPTURE OF THE WORD CHURCH Page: 181
40. OF THE RIGHTS OF THE KINGDOM OF GOD, IN ABRAHAM, MOSES, THE HIGH PRIESTS, AND THE KINGS OF JUDAH Page: 182
41. OF THE OFFICE OF OUR BLESSED SAVIOUR Page: 187
42. OF POWER ECCLESIASTICAL Page: 190
43. OF WHAT IS NECESSARY FOR A MAN'S RECEPTION INTO THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN Page: 218
Part 4. Of The Kingdom Of Darkness Page: 224
44. OF SPIRITUAL DARKNESS FROM MISINTERPRETATION OF SCRIPTURE Page: 225
45. OF DEMONOLOGY, AND OTHER RELICS OF THE RELIGION OF THE GENTILES Page: 235
46. OF DARKNESS FROM VAIN PHILOSOPHY; AND FABULOUS TRADITIONS Page: 243
47. OF THE BENEFIT PROCEEDING FROM SUCH DARKNESS; AND TO WHOM IT ACCRUETH Page: 251
A Review and Conclusion Page: 255
Explanatory Notes Page: 259
Index of Subjects Page: 271
Footnotes Page: 275