| Leviathan: Leviathan is a 1651 political work by Thomas Hobbes arguing that a strong, centralized authority - an absolute sovereign - is necessary to prevent societal chaos. Hobbes likens this authority to a “Leviathan,” a powerful artificial person formed by a social contract to ensure peace and security through collective submission. See also Thomas Hobbes._____________Annotation: The above characterizations of concepts are neither definitions nor exhausting presentations of problems related to them. Instead, they are intended to give a short introduction to the contributions below. – Dictionary of Arguments. |
