?��}-�j�9�{�,�6�fn[�]v�!E���]yP���&]4u��FNV`����UP_�4�U�'��Af� The greatest difficulty about the right of succession is in monarchy: and the difficulty ariseth from this, that at first sight, it is not manifest who is to appoint the successor; nor many times who it is whom he hath appointed. 0000010631 00000 n It's in this edition that Hobbes coined the expression trailer << /Size 1622 /Info 1607 0 R /Encrypt 1610 0 R /Root 1609 0 R /Prev 945936 /ID[<699ac298e3d0476aa6194c323425f46f><699ac298e3d0476aa6194c323425f46f>] >> startxref 0 %%EOF 1609 0 obj << /Type /Catalog /Pages 1567 0 R /Outlines 1449 0 R >> endobj 1610 0 obj << /Filter /Standard /V 1 /R 2 /O (�����:,��I2\n��U��_��Y���n��) /U (���0�ĒU�*+A�B\r���0��5Bf!\)�Y) /P 65492 >> endobj 1620 0 obj << /S 3942 /O 4004 /Filter /FlateDecode /Length 1621 0 R >> stream When the representative is one man, then is the Commonwealth a monarchy; when an assembly of all that will come together, then it is a democracy, or popular Commonwealth; when an assembly of a part only, then it is called an aristocracy.Other kind of Commonwealth there can be none: for either one, or more, or all, must have the sovereign power (which I have shown to be indivisible) entire. Leviathan or the Matter, Forme and Power of a Commonwealth Ecclesiasticall and Civil (Leviathan oder Stoff, Form und Gewalt eines kirchlichen und staatlichen Gemeinwesens) ist der Titel einer staatstheoretischen Schrift des Engländers Thomas Hobbes aus dem Jahr 1651. And to compare monarchy with the other two, we may observe: first, that whosoever beareth the person of the people, or is one of that assembly that bears it, beareth also his own natural person. How God speaketh to a man immediately may be understood by those well enough to whom He hath so spoken; but how the same should be understood by another is hard, if not impossible, to know. The riches, power, and honour of a monarch arise only from the riches, strength, and reputation of his subjects. 0000002732 00000 n Leviathan or The Matter, Forme and Power of a Commonwealth Ecclesiasticall and Civil, commonly referred to as Leviathan, is a book written by Thomas Hobbes (1588–1679) and published in 1651 (revised Latin edition 1668). This E-text was prepared from the Pelican Classics edition of Leviathan, FullBooks.com homepage; Index of Leviathan; Next part (2) Produced by: Edward White^M 3657 Winn Road^M Courtenay^M British Columbia^M Canada V9J 1N8^M ^M (250) 337 2068^M ^M edwud@telus.net^M Notes on the E-Text. After lengthy discussion with Thomas Hobbes, the Parisian In it, a giant crowned figure is seen emerging from the landscape, clutching a sword and a Hobbes begins his treatise on politics with an account of human nature. And because the sovereignty is either in one man, or in an assembly of more than one; and into that assembly either every man hath right to enter, or not every one, but certain men distinguished from the rest; it is manifest there can be but three kinds of Commonwealth. 0000002756 00000 n Democracies and aristocracies have easy succession; monarchy is harder: The present text is based on the English version, but sometimes the Latin seems better and is followed instead. Now in monarchy the private interest is the same with the public. to which the answer is: "Christian kings are still the supreme pastors of their people, and have power to ordain what pastors they please, to teach the Church, that is, to teach the people committed to their charge." The very extensive discussions of the chapter were probably necessary for its time. Hobbes sees the main abuse as teaching that the The third is by mixing with the Scripture diverse relics of the religion, and much of the vain and erroneous The fourth is by mingling with both these, false or uncertain traditions, and feigned or uncertain history.