Canadian Journal of Political Science / Revue canadienne de science politique, Vol. 40, No. 1 (Mar., 2007), pp. 101-127 (27 pages) This paper takes the Prometheus story in chapter 12 of Leviathan as ...

In his political writings, Hobbes consistently distinguishes between "natural" and "artificial" commonwealths—those that arise from the family, and those created by mutual covenants. Although he ...

When it comes to 17th-century English philosophers, Thomas Hobbes holds a lot of appeal. He wrote with vivid prose, rich argument and a stinging wit. He was also ahead of his time. Nearly 400 years ...