However, Hobbes did discuss the possible dissolution of the State. He thus denied any right of rebellion toward the social contract. Influenced by the English Civil War, Hobbes wrote that chaos or civil war - situations identified with a state of nature and the famous motto Bellum omnium contra omnes ("the war of all against all") - could only be averted by strong central government. In the book, Thomas Hobbes argues for a social contract and rule by a sovereign. The book concerns the structure of society (as represented figuratively by the frontispiece, showing the state giant made up of individuals), as is evidenced by the full title. It is titled after the biblical Leviathan.
Leviathan, or The Matter, Forme and Power of a Common Wealth Ecclesiasticall and Civil, commonly called Leviathan, is a book written in 1651 by Thomas Hobbes. Download cover art Download CD case insert Leviathan (Books I and II)
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