巨人、海怪與恐懼之邦：霍布斯《利維坦》的標題頁面

This is a small inquiry about Leviathan’s title page. The essay will argue, the picture shown on the frontispiece of the book written by Thomas Hobbes has extensive linkages to its content. To achieve this, the essay will discuss Leviathan’s argument’s, Leviathan’s Biblical meanings and the metaphor of Giant in Leviathan’s arguments. Hobbes chose a Biblical metaphor to represent his thought on commonwealth in Leviathan, and he took a giant’s figure to articulate this Leviathan’s image, both can fit in the theses he displayed in Leviathan. This essay will also show, Leo Strauss’s interpretation of Leviathan still holds great insight to Leviathan’s ideas.