Renaissance · English
Leviathan
Leviathan, by Thomas Hobbes (1588–1679), a public-domain text from Liberty Fund's Online Library of Liberty.
Chapters
- 01Prefaceprose
- 02The Philosophy of Hobbes an Essayprose
- 03Hobbes and Descartes.prose
- 04To My Most Honor’d Friend Mr Francis Godolphin of Godolphin.prose
- 05The Introduction.prose
- 06Part I.: Of Man, Chap. I.: Of Sense.prose
- 07Chap. II.: Of Imagination.prose
- 08Chap. III.: Of the Consequence or Trayne of Imaginations.prose
- 09Chap. IV.: Of Speech.prose
- 10Chap. V.: Of Reason, and Science.prose
- 11Chap. VI.: Of the Interiour Beginnings of Voluntary Motions; commonly called the Passions. And the Speeches by which theprose
- 12Chap. VII.: Of the Ends, or Resolutions of Discourse.prose
- 13Chap. VIII.: Of the Vertues commonly called Intellectuall; and their contrary Defects.prose
- 14Chap. IX.: Of the Severall Subjects of Knowledge.prose
- 15Chap. X.: Of Power, Worth, Dignity, Honour, and Worthinesse.prose
- 16Chap. XI.: Of the difference of Manners.prose
- 17Chap. XII.: Of Religion.prose
- 18Chap. XIII.: Of the Naturall Condition of Mankind, as concerning their Felicity, and Misery.prose
- 19Chap. XIV.: Of the first and second Naturall Lawes, and of Contracts.prose
- 20Chap. XV.: Of other Lawes of Nature.prose
- 21Chap. XVI.: Of Persons, Authors, and things Personated.prose
- 22Part II.: Of Common-wealth, Chap. XVII.: Of the Causes, Generation, and Definition of a Common-Wealth.prose
- 23Chap. XVIII.: Of the Rights of Soveraignes by Institution.prose
- 24Chap. XIX.: Of the severall Kinds of Common-wealth by Institution, and of Succession to the Soveraigne Power.prose
- 25Chap. XX.: Of Dominion Paternall, and Despoticall.prose
- 26Chap. XXI.: Of the Liberty of Subjects.prose
- 27Chap. XXII.: Of Systemes Subject, Politicall, and Private.prose
- 28Chap. XXIII.: Of the Publique Ministers of Soveraign Power.prose
- 29Chap. XXIV.: Of the Nutrition, and Procreation of a Common-wealth.prose
- 30Chap. XXV.: Of Counsell.prose
- 31Chap. XXVI.: Of Civill Lawes.prose
- 32Chap. XXVII.: Of Crimes, Excuses, and Extenuations.prose
- 33Chap. XXVIII.: Of Punishments, and Rewards.prose
- 34Chap. XXIX.: Of those things that Weaken, or tend to the Dissolution of a Common-wealth.prose
- 35Chap. XXX.: Of the Office of the Soveraign Representative.prose
- 36Chap. XXXI.: Of the Kingdome of God by Nature.prose
- 37Part III.: Of Achristian Common-wealth, Chap. XXXII.: Of the Principles of Christian Politiques.prose
- 38Chap. XXXIII.: Of the Number, Antiquity, Scope, Authority, and Interpreters of the Books of Holy Scripture.prose
- 39Chap. XXXIV.: Of the Signification of Spirit, Angel, and Inspiration in the Books of Holy Scripture.prose
- 40Chap. XXXV.: Of the Signification in Scripture of Kingdome Of God, of Holy, SACRED, and Sacrament.prose
- 41Chap. XXXVI.: Of the Word of God, and of Prophets.prose
- 42Chap. XXXVII.: Of Miracles, and their Use.prose
- 43Chap. Xxxviii.: Of the Signification in Scripture of Eternall Life, Hell, Salvation, The World to come, and Redemption.prose
- 44Chap. XXXIX.: Of the signification in Scripture of the word Church.prose
- 45Chap. XL.: Of the Rights of the Kingdome of God, in Abraham, Moses, the High Priests, and the Kings of Judah.prose
- 46Chap. XLI.: Of the Office of our Blessed Saviour.prose
- 47Chap. XLII.: Of Power Ecclesiasticall.prose
- 48Chap. XLIII.: Of what is Necessary for a Mans Reception into the Kingdome of Heaven.prose
- 49Part IV.: Of the Kingdome of Darknesse, Chap. XLIV.: Of Spirituall Darknesse from Misinterpretation of Scripture.prose
- 50Chap. XLV.: Of DÆmonology, and other Reliques of the Religion of the Gentiles.prose
- 51Chap. XLVI.: Of Darknesse from Vain Philosophy, and Fabulous Traditions.prose
- 52Chap. XLVII.: Of the Benefit that proceedeth from such Darknesse, and to whom it accreweth.prose
- 53A Review, and Conclusion.prose