2015Journal of the History of IdeasOpen access

Leviathan Contra Leviathan

Mónica Brito Vieira

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This article offers a comparative discussion of the two versions of Hobbes’s masterpiece—the 1651 English Leviathan and the 1668 Latin Leviathan, with a view to examining the significance of some of the main continuities and differences between the two works.

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This article offers a comparative discussion of the two versions of Hobbes’s masterpiece—the 1651 English Leviathan and the 1668 Latin Leviathan, with a view to examining the significance of some of the main continuities and differences between the two works.

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This article offers a comparative discussion of the two versions of Hobbes’s masterpiece—the 1651 English Leviathan and the 1668 Latin Leviathan, with a view to examining the significance of some of the main continuities and differences between the two works.

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