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Leviathan

by Thomas Hobbes

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  1. ·Front matter5 min read
  2. ·THE INTRODUCTION4 min read
  3. 1Part 1Chapter I · OF SENSE4 min read
  4. 2Part 1Chapter II · OF IMAGINATION11 min read
  5. 3Part 1Chapter III · OF THE CONSEQUENCE OR TRAYNE OF IMAGINATIONS9 min read
  6. 4Part 1Chapter IV · OF SPEECH15 min read
  7. 5Part 1Chapter V · OF REASON, AND SCIENCE.12 min read
  8. 6Part 1Chapter VI · OF THE INTERIOUR BEGINNINGS OF VOLUNTARY MOTIONS COMMONLY CALLED THE PASSIONS, AND THE SPEECHES BY WHICH THEY ARE EXPRESSED.17 min read
  9. 7Part 1Chapter VII · OF THE ENDS OR RESOLUTIONS OF DISCOURSE6 min read
  10. 8Part 1Chapter VIII · OF THE VERTUES COMMONLY CALLED INTELLECTUAL, AND THEIR CONTRARY DEFECTS20 min read
  11. 9Part 1Chapter IX · OF THE SEVERALL SUBJECTS OF KNOWLEDGE3 min read
  12. 10Part 1Chapter X · OF POWER, WORTH, DIGNITY, HONOUR AND WORTHINESS14 min read
  13. 11Part 1Chapter XI · OF THE DIFFERENCE OF MANNERS13 min read
  14. 12Part 1Chapter XII · OF RELIGION22 min read
  15. 13Part 1Chapter XIII · OF THE NATURALL CONDITION OF MANKIND, AS CONCERNING THEIR FELICITY, AND MISERY9 min read
  16. 14Part 1Chapter XIV · OF THE FIRST AND SECOND NATURALL LAWES, AND OF CONTRACTS20 min read
  17. 15Part 1Chapter XV · OF OTHER LAWES OF NATURE24 min read
  18. 16Part 1Chapter XVI · OF PERSONS, AUTHORS, AND THINGS PERSONATED8 min read
  19. 17Part 2Chapter XVII · OF THE CAUSES, GENERATION, AND DEFINITION OF A COMMON-WEALTH9 min read
  20. 18Part 2Chapter XVIII · OF THE RIGHTS OF SOVERAIGNES BY INSTITUTION17 min read
  21. 19Part 2Chapter XIX · OF THE SEVERALL KINDS OF COMMON-WEALTH BY INSTITUTION, AND OF SUCCESSION TO THE SOVERAIGNE POWER18 min read
  22. 20Part 2Chapter XX · OF DOMINION PATERNALL AND DESPOTICALL16 min read
  23. 21Part 2Chapter XXI · OF THE LIBERTY OF SUBJECTS20 min read
  24. 22Part 2Chapter XXII · OF SYSTEMES SUBJECT, POLITICALL, AND PRIVATE22 min read
  25. 23Part 2Chapter XXIII · OF THE PUBLIQUE MINISTERS OF SOVERAIGN POWER8 min read
  26. 24Part 2Chapter XXIV · OF THE NUTRITION, AND PROCREATION OF A COMMON-WEALTH11 min read
  27. 25Part 2Chapter XXV · OF COUNSELL14 min read
  28. 26Part 2Chapter XXVI · OF CIVILL LAWES37 min read
  29. 27Part 2Chapter XXVII · OF CRIMES, EXCUSES, AND EXTENUATIONS27 min read
  30. 28Part 2Chapter XXVIII · OF PUNISHMENTS, AND REWARDS15 min read
  31. 29Part 2Chapter XXIX · OF THOSE THINGS THAT WEAKEN, OR TEND TO THE DISSOLUTION OF A COMMON-WEALTH19 min read
  32. 30Part 2Chapter XXX · OF THE OFFICE OF THE SOVERAIGN REPRESENTATIVE28 min read
  33. 31Part 2Chapter XXXI · OF THE KINGDOME OF GOD BY NATURE20 min read
  34. 32Part 3Chapter XXXII · OF THE PRINCIPLES OF CHRISTIAN POLITIQUES10 min read
  35. 33Part 3Chapter XXXIII · OF THE NUMBER, ANTIQUITY, SCOPE, AUTHORITY, AND INTERPRETERS OF THE BOOKS OF HOLY SCRIPTURE20 min read
  36. 34Part 3Chapter XXXIV · OF THE SIGNIFICATION OF SPIRIT, ANGEL, AND INSPIRATION IN THE BOOKS OF HOLY SCRIPTURE22 min read
  37. 35Part 3Chapter XXXV · OF THE SIGNIFICATION IN SCRIPTURE OF KINGDOME OF GOD, OF HOLY, SACRED, AND SACRAMENT14 min read
  38. 36Part 3Chapter XXXVI · OF THE WORD OF GOD, AND OF PROPHETS29 min read
  39. 37Part 3Chapter XXXVII · OF MIRACLES, AND THEIR USE14 min read
  40. 38Part 3Chapter XXXVIII · OF THE SIGNIFICATION IN SCRIPTURE OF ETERNALL LIFE, HELL, SALVATION, THE WORLD TO COME, AND REDEMPTION29 min read
  41. 39Part 3Chapter XXXIX · OF THE SIGNIFICATION IN SCRIPTURE OF THE WORD CHURCH5 min read
  42. 40Part 3Chapter XL · OF THE RIGHTS OF THE KINGDOME OF GOD, IN ABRAHAM, MOSES, HIGH PRIESTS, AND THE KINGS OF JUDAH20 min read
  43. 41Part 3Chapter XLI · OF THE OFFICE OF OUR BLESSED SAVIOUR15 min read
  44. 42Part 3Chapter XLII · OF POWER ECCLESIASTICALL73 min read
  45. 42Part 3Chapter XLII · OF POWER ECCLESIASTICALL (continued 2)62 min read
  46. 43Part 3Chapter XLIII · OF WHAT IS NECESSARY FOR A MANS RECEPTION INTO THE KINGDOME OF HEAVEN28 min read
  47. 44Part 4Chapter XLIV · OF SPIRITUALL DARKNESSE FROM MISINTERPRETATION OF SCRIPTURE48 min read
  48. 45Part 4Chapter XLV · OF DAEMONOLOGY, AND OTHER RELIQUES OF THE RELIGION OF THE GENTILES38 min read
  49. 46Part 4Chapter XLVI · OF DARKNESSE FROM VAIN PHILOSOPHY, AND FABULOUS TRADITIONS33 min read
  50. 47Part 4Chapter XLVII · OF THE BENEFIT THAT PROCEEDETH FROM SUCH DARKNESSE, AND TO WHOM IT ACCREWETH17 min read
  51. ·Part 4A REVIEW, AND CONCLUSION18 min read
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