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Leviathan

by Thomas Hobbes

Original textPhilosophy47 chapters
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The classic historical novel by Thomas Hobbes.

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47 chapters in all. The first chapter is free to read with no account.

02Chapter II — OF IMAGINATION
03Chapter III — OF THE CONSEQUENCE OR TRAYNE OF IMAGINATIONS
04Chapter IV — OF SPEECH
05Chapter V — OF REASON, AND SCIENCE
06Chapter VI — OF THE INTERIOUR BEGINNINGS OF VOLUNTARY MOTIONS
07Chapter VII — OF THE ENDS OR RESOLUTIONS OF DISCOURSE
08Chapter VIII — OF THE VERTUES COMMONLY CALLED INTELLECTUAL; AND THEIR
09Chapter IX — OF THE SEVERALL SUBJECTS OF KNOWLEDGE
10Chapter X — OF POWER, WORTH, DIGNITY, HONOUR AND WORTHINESS
11Chapter XI — OF THE DIFFERENCE OF MANNERS
12Chapter XII — OF RELIGION

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