It is unquestionably essential reading for anyone seriously interested in Hobbes. Professor Johnston has written a book belonging to this category. "The best writings on Hobbes have always been those that boldly sought to unify the warring elements in his thought. First published in 1938, The Leviathan in the State Theory of Thomas Hobbes used the Enlightenment philosopher’s enduring symbol of the protective Leviathan to address the nature of modern statehood. They are qualities that relate to men in society, not in solitude. If they were, they might be in a man that were alone in the world, as well as his senses and passions. Justice and injustice are none of the faculties neither of the body nor mind. moves into the forefront of students of Hobbes."-Roger W. Force and fraud are in war the two cardinal virtues. "With this lucid, perceptive, and original work, David Johnston. More importantly, it ought to be read by anyone interested in exploring 'the ideological or cultural foundations of political power,' and the ways in which political theorists contribute to or seek to undermine those foundations."-Richard Ashcraft, Albion Indeed, it is the best book on Hobbes in recent years, and, hopefully, it will help to redirect Hobbes scholars toward new paths of interpretive exploration. The Rhetoric of Leviathan presents an original and suggestive interpretation of Hobbes's political thought.
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