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Not liberty but safety has become the overriding imperative. Leviathan, by Thomas Hobbes (1588-1679), title page for the 1651 edition.De Agostini via Getty Images These new Leviathans differ from ...

Hobbes invoked the Biblical image of a sea monster — Leviathan — to describe the “common power” and authority of the state to which people would accede to protect them from the perils of ...

On the contrary, it has revealed the true nature of what Thomas Hobbes famously called Leviathan, a biblical sea monster without which “no arts; no letters; no society”. Further, in the ...

The 17th century philosopher Thomas Hobbes wrote "Leviathan," arguing for a leader and protector of citizens. In the past four years, Nashville has seen an exponential amount of growth and ...