A NEW blog on public policy, reform and the fate of the Big Society might as well start with a presumption, and there is none greater than taking its title from Thomas Hobbes's "Leviathan", described ...

In my Modern Political Thought class, we’re reading, among other things, Thomas Hobbes’s “Leviathan.” Themes in the book reminded me of thoughts and feelings I’ve experienced under Trump’s ...

Thomas Hobbes: Leviathan. Edited by Noel Malcolm. Oxford University Press; 1,832 pages; $375 and £195. Buy from Amazon.com, Amazon.co.uk WHEN Thomas Hobbes was maths tutor to the future English king, ...

The philosopher Thomas Hobbes is now a good deal more popular than he once was. When his "Leviathan" appeared in 1651 it was denounced everywhere. England's King's Charles II, a believer in the divine ...

Thomas Hobbes' Leviathan (click to read at Google Books). The metaphor of the Leviathan carries to science as well. A struggle between mankind and knowledge or power. In 1651, Thomas Hobbes wrote ...

Many thoughtful observers—including here at TAC—have warned that civil liberties, and perhaps freedom itself, could fall victim to the coronavirus. They have a point, but on the other hand, there’s a ...

The original cover of Hobbes’ Leviathan depicts a Godzilla-sized giant towering over mountains, farms and a 17th-century European city, wearing a crown and holding a sword and scepter. His body is ...