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Leviathan

by Thomas Hobbes (1588–1679)

Portrait of Thomas Hobbes
John Michael Wright · Public domain

39 chapters, about 184,000 words. The text is in the public domain in the United States and comes from Project Gutenberg.

Chapters

  1. TRANSCRIBER’S NOTES ON THE E-TEXT: 200 words
  2. HONOR’D SIR. 200 words
  3. THE INTRODUCTION 800 words
  4. CHAPTER I. OF SENSE 700 words
  5. CHAPTER II. OF IMAGINATION 1,900 words
  6. CHAPTER III. OF THE CONSEQUENCE OR TRAYNE OF IMAGINATIONS 1,700 words
  7. CHAPTER IV. OF SPEECH 3,100 words
  8. CHAPTER V. OF REASON, AND SCIENCE. 2,400 words
  9. CHAPTER VI. OF THE INTERIOUR BEGINNINGS OF VOLUNTARY MOTIONS 3,200 words
  10. CHAPTER VII. OF THE ENDS OR RESOLUTIONS OF DISCOURSE 4,900 words
  11. CHAPTER IX. OF THE SEVERALL SUBJECTS OF KNOWLEDGE 600 words
  12. CHAPTER X. OF POWER, WORTH, DIGNITY, HONOUR AND WORTHINESS 3,000 words
  13. CHAPTER XI. OF THE DIFFERENCE OF MANNERS 2,700 words
  14. CHAPTER XII. OF RELIGION 5,900 words
  15. CHAPTER XIV. OF THE FIRST AND SECOND NATURALL LAWES, AND OF CONTRACTS 3,400 words
  16. CHAPTER XV. OF OTHER LAWES OF NATURE 4,800 words
  17. CHAPTER XVI. OF PERSONS, AUTHORS, AND THINGS PERSONATED 1,600 words
  18. CHAPTER XVII. OF THE CAUSES, GENERATION, AND DEFINITION OF A COMMON-WEALTH 1,600 words
  19. CHAPTER XVIII. OF THE RIGHTS OF SOVERAIGNES BY INSTITUTION 6,300 words
  20. CHAPTER XX. OF DOMINION PATERNALL AND DESPOTICALL 2,400 words
  21. CHAPTER XXI. OF THE LIBERTY OF SUBJECTS 3,200 words
  22. CHAPTER XXII. OF SYSTEMES SUBJECT, POLITICALL, AND PRIVATE 4,400 words
  23. CHAPTER XXIII. OF THE PUBLIQUE MINISTERS OF SOVERAIGN POWER 1,500 words
  24. CHAPTER XXIV. OF THE NUTRITION, AND PROCREATION OF A COMMON-WEALTH 2,000 words
  25. CHAPTER XXV. OF COUNSELL 2,700 words
  26. CHAPTER XXVI. OF CIVILL LAWES 6,500 words
  27. CHAPTER XXVII. OF CRIMES, EXCUSES, AND EXTENUATIONS 5,300 words
  28. CHAPTER XXVIII. OF PUNISHMENTS, AND REWARDS 5,100 words
  29. CHAPTER XXX. OF THE OFFICE OF THE SOVERAIGN REPRESENTATIVE 5,500 words
  30. CHAPTER XXXI. OF THE KINGDOME OF GOD BY NATURE 3,400 words
  31. CHAPTER XXXII. OF THE PRINCIPLES OF CHRISTIAN POLITIQUES 13,100 words
  32. CHAPTER XXXVI. OF THE WORD OF GOD, AND OF PROPHETS 5,600 words
  33. CHAPTER XXXVII. OF MIRACLES, AND THEIR USE 7,700 words
  34. CHAPTER XXXIX. OF THE SIGNIFICATION IN SCRIPTURE OF THE WORD CHURCH 4,300 words
  35. CHAPTER XLI. OF THE OFFICE OF OUR BLESSED SAVIOUR 2,700 words
  36. CHAPTER XLII. OF POWER ECCLESIASTICALL 31,200 words
  37. CHAPTER XLIV. OF SPIRITUALL DARKNESSE FROM MISINTERPRETATION OF SCRIPTURE 16,800 words
  38. CHAPTER XLVI. OF DARKNESSE FROM VAIN PHILOSOPHY, AND FABULOUS TRADITIONS 7,300 words
  39. A REVIEW, AND CONCLUSION 3,900 words

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