Leviathan is a classic western work on statecraft written by Thormas Hobbes, an English philosopher remembered as one of the founders of modern political philosophy.

Leviathan is ranked among the most influential works like Machiavelli's The Prince, as both books concerns about the structure of legitimate government and the society. It is a book of English Civil War times, emphasizes a strong undivided government can only avoid the brute situation of the war of all against all.  

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