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Leviathan (Illustrated) Premium Edition

Thomas Hobbes

Leviathan or The Matter, Forme and Power of a Common Wealth Ecclesiasticall and Civil commonly referred to as Leviathan is a book written by Thomas Hobbes (1588–1679) and published in 1651. Its name derives from the biblical Leviathan. The work concerns the structure of society and legitimate govern...

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The speaker mentions "The Leviathan" in the context of discussing the concept of a social contract and how it is based on consent, arguing that this is a great lie of democracy, as it doesn't really matter if every mechanism is based on consent, what matters is whether or not the people in power actually have the best interests of the people they rule over at heart.

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it doesn't really matter whether or not every mechanism is based on consent it matters whether or not the land owning gentry as substantively they see use part of their moral constituency like the Ame...

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The speaker mentions "The Leviathan" in the context of discussing the concept of a social contract and how it is based on consent, arguing that this is a great lie of democracy, as it doesn't really matter if every mechanism is based on consent, what matters is whether or not the people in power actually have the best interests of the people they rule over at heart.

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it doesn't really matter whether or not every mechanism is based on consent it matters whether or not the land owning gentry as substantively they see use part of their moral constituency like the American aristocracy

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