by Thomas Hobbes · tapa blanda · ISBN 9789722707084
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«Leviatã» is Thomas Hobbes's treatise on political philosophy, published by Imprensa Nacional-Casa da Moeda in paperback (526 pages, in Portuguese).
A capital work of political philosophy originally published in 1651, in the midst of the English Civil War. Hobbes analyzes human nature and the need for a common power to impose order, and articulates one of the first formulations of the social contract as the foundation of the State, both ecclesiastical and civil.
Portuguese translation by João Paulo Monteiro and Maria Beatriz Nizza da Silva, with a preface by Monteiro; part of the Clássicos de Filosofia collection.
Useful for students of philosophy and political science and for readers interested in the classics of political thought.
Thomas Hobbes was an English philosopher and political theorist, best known for his 1651 book Leviathan, in which he expounds an influential formulation of social contract theory. He is considered to be one of the founders of modern political philosophy.
