Leviathan (Hobbes book)

1651 book by Thomas Hobbes

Leviathan or The Matter, Forme and Power of a Commonwealth Ecclesiasticall and Civil, commonly referred to as Leviathan, is a work of social and political theory by the English empiricist philosopher and political theorist Thomas Hobbes (1588–1679), published in 1651 (revised Latin edition 1668). Its name derives from the chaotic Leviathan sea serpent of the Hebrew Bible and earlier mythologies. The work concerns the structure of society and legitimate government, and is regarded as one of the earliest and most influential examples of social contract theory.

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