Word of the Day – Leviathan: Originally a biblical sea monster, it now defines massive authority. In politics, it represents ...

Many thoughtful observers—including here at TAC—have warned that civil liberties, and perhaps freedom itself, could fall victim to the coronavirus. They have a point, but on the other hand, there’s a ...

There is definitely something rotten in the state of Russia today, particularly in one small, decaying fishing village on the remote Kola Peninsula. That’s the setting for the exceptionally fine drama ...

Thomas Hobbes' Leviathan (click to read at Google Books). The metaphor of the Leviathan carries to science as well. A struggle between mankind and knowledge or power. In 1651, Thomas Hobbes wrote ...

Thomas Hobbes: Leviathan. Edited by Noel Malcolm. Oxford University Press; 1,832 pages; $375 and £195. Buy from Amazon.com, Amazon.co.uk WHEN Thomas Hobbes was maths tutor to the future English king, ...

Thomas Hobbes (1588-1679) was one of the most influential of all political philosophers. His book Leviathan virtually founded the study of the modern state. When Thomas Hobbes published Leviathan in ...

The philosopher Thomas Hobbes is now a good deal more popular than he once was. When his "Leviathan" appeared in 1651 it was denounced everywhere. England's King's Charles II, a believer in the divine ...