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Thomas Hobbes was a 17th-century English philosopher and political theorist best known for his work Leviathan, which was published in 1651
. In Leviathan, Hobbes rigorously argues that civil peace and social unity are best achieved by the establishment of a commonwealth through social contract.This SparkNotes guide offers four sections of Summary & Analysis of Leviathan.
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